SOLUTION: The distance between two cities A and B is 140 km. A car driving from A to B left at the same time as a car driving from B to A. The cars met after one hour, then the first car r

Question 1185921: The distance between two cities A and B is 140 km. A car driving from A to B left at the
same time as a car driving from B to A. The cars met after one hour, then the first car reached
city B 35 minutes later than the second car reached city A. Find the speed of the car from city
A to B.

Answer by ikleyn(52832) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The distance between two cities A and B is 140 km. A car driving from A to B left at the
same time as a car driving from B to A. The cars met after one hour, then the first car reached
city B 35 minutes later than the second car reached city A. Find the speed of the car from city A to B.
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Let  "a"  be the speed of the car A, in km/h;

let  "b"  be the speed of the car B, in km/h.


Then you have these two equation


    a + b = 140  kilometers           (1)     (The cars met after one hour)

     -  =   of an hour    (2)    (first car reached city B 35 minutes later than the second car reached city A)


From the first equation, express b = 140-a  and substitute it into the second equation.  You will get then


     -  = 

      -  = 


At this point, I just can to guess the solution  MENTALLY :  a = 60 km/h.


An alternative way is to reduce the last equation to the standard quadratic equation form and solve it formally.


ANSWER.  The speed of the car A is 60 km/h.


CHECK.   a) the speed of the car B is then 140-60 = 80 km/h.

         b) the time equation (2) is then   -  =  -  =  =  =  = 35 minutes.

            ! Correct !

Solved.

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