SOLUTION: two bicycles are twenty km apart riding towards each other at 10 km/hour. a bee is is traveling at 30 km/hour. the bee touches the front of one tire's bicycle, then goes and touch

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Question 333996: two bicycles are twenty km apart riding towards each other at 10 km/hour. a bee is is traveling at 30 km/hour. the bee touches the front of one tire's bicycle, then goes and touches the other bicycles front tire as well. the bee goes back and forth continuously until he gets squished by the two front tires. how many km did the bee travel up until the time he was squashed?
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two bicycles are twenty km apart riding towards each other at 10 km/hour.
a bee is is traveling at 30 km/hour.
the bee touches the front of one tire's bicycle, then goes and touches the other
bicycles front tire as well.
the bee goes back and forth continuously until he gets squished by the two front tires.
how many km did the bee travel up until the time he was squashed?
:
Find out how long (t) it takes the two bicycle to meet
:
Write a time distance equation, distance = speed * time
10t + 30t = 20
40t = 20
t = 20%2F40
t = 1%2F2 hr for them to meet
:
The bee will be flying for 1%2F2 hr also, traveling at 30 km/hr
therefore
dist = 1%2F2 * 30 = 15 km is the bee's traveling distance