SOLUTION: two travel from same point, one reaches point a in 7 minutes other in 9 minutes. when will they meet at the same point at the same time?
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Question 596098: two travel from same point, one reaches point a in 7 minutes other in 9 minutes. when will they meet at the same point at the same time?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
It will never happen.
If time = , their separation in distance
will be
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The slower one, the one that takes 9 min to reach
point a, needs a headstart for them to meet at the
same point at the same time.
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