SOLUTION: Jack and Tim were standing in the main street. The distance between the boys was x metres. At the same moment the boys started to move. Jack was running at a m/s and Tim walked at

Question 408091: Jack and Tim were standing in the main street. The distance between the boys was x metres. At the same moment the boys started to move. Jack was running at a m/s and Tim walked at b m/s.
Find the time when the boys met if
a) they moved towards each other,
b) they moved in the same direction, walker in front.

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Jack and Tim were standing in the main street. The distance between the boys was x metres.
At the same moment the boys started to move, Jack was running at a m/s and Tim walked at b m/s.
Find the time when the boys met if:
:
time = dist/speed
dist = x
:
a) they moved towards each other,
time =
:
b) they moved in the same direction, walker in front.
time =
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