SOLUTION: A messanger left a construction site and traveled by jeep at 51km/h. Forty minutes later it was discovered that she had been given the wrong parcel. How fast must a second messan
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: A messanger left a construction site and traveled by jeep at 51km/h. Forty minutes later it was discovered that she had been given the wrong parcel. How fast must a second messanger travel to overtake her in one hour?
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Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A messanger left a construction site and traveled by jeep at 51km/h. Forty minutes later it was discovered that she had been given the wrong parcel. How fast must a second messanger travel to overtake her in one hour?
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Messenger DATA:
rate=51 km/h ; time =1+(2/3)=(5/3) hrs. ; distance=rt=(5/3)*51 = 85 km
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Pursuer DATA:
time = 1 hr ; distance = 85 km; rate = 85 km/hr
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Cheers,
Stan H.
Answer by jojo14344(1513) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This is a good one.
When it was realized she had been given the wrong parcel, the messanger had travelled a certain distance in that 40 mins. Let's see,
------> distance travlled in that 40 mins w/ speed of 51km/hr
Let speed of the 1st messanger,
Now, let speed of the 2nd messanger.
Equating the speeds of the 2nd messanger in 1 hour to the distance travelled by the 1st messanger :
, same speed of the 2nd messanger to reach it or should be more than this to overtake the 1st messanger.
Thank you,
Jojo
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