SOLUTION: Two countries X and Y are 600km apart. A bus left country Y at 9:00 a.m at an average speed of 100km/hr. A car started from country X at 10:30 a.m from country Y at an average spee

Question 1078879: Two countries X and Y are 600km apart. A bus left country Y at 9:00 a.m at an average speed of 100km/hr. A car started from country X at 10:30 a.m from country Y at an average speed of 150km/he.find;
how far from country Y did the bus and the car meet
the time the bus and the matatu met
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
X===================================Y
from Y, distance is 100x, where x is number of hours
from X, distance is 150(x-1/2)
The distances add to 600 km
100x+150x-75=600km
250x=675 km
x=2.7 hours or 2h42m or 11:42 am
That would be 270 km towards X from Y
and
150*2.2=330 km towards Y from X
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