SOLUTION: A car travelled along a straight road from town x to town y at 65km/h. A motorcycle travelled from town y to x at 50km/h. Both started their journeys at the same time on the same r

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Question 1154677: A car travelled along a straight road from town x to town y at 65km/h. A motorcycle travelled from town y to x at 50km/h. Both started their journeys at the same time on the same road. If the two vehicles passed each other after travelling for 1 hour 45 min, find the distance between the two towns.
Answer by ikleyn(52776)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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1 hour 45 minutes = 1.75 hours.


The total distance is the sum of parts traveled by the car and the motorcycle


    d = 1.75*65 + 1.75*50 = 210.25 kilometers.    ANSWER

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