SOLUTION: Hi Bob on his way from his home to town A after covering 3/8 of his journey, passed a lorry which was travelling at 80km per hour. When Bob reached town A 4 hours later the lorry

Question 1171356: Hi
Bob on his way from his home to town A after covering 3/8 of his journey, passed a lorry which was travelling at 80km per hour. When Bob reached town A 4 hours later the lorry was still 60km from town A . If the lorry had started 48km away from Bobs home how long did the lorry take to travel to town A.
Thanks
Answer by ikleyn(52781) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Hey, on the straight line, connecting Bob's home with the town A,
there are TWO POINTS that are 48 km away from the Bob's home.

Since the post does not specify, which of these two points is starting point for the lorry,
this problem is lame: it admits 2 different solutions/answers.

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