SOLUTION: Mila drives at 50 kph on her way to her office. Ten Minutes after she left, her husband who was still at home, discovers that she had left important papers. he tries to catch her b
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Question 772960: Mila drives at 50 kph on her way to her office. Ten Minutes after she left, her husband who was still at home, discovers that she had left important papers. he tries to catch her before she gets to her office. If he drives at 70 kph, how long will he drive before he can catch up with her?
Found 2 solutions by mananth, MathTherapy:
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let the catchup distance be x
time taken by MIla is x/50
time taken by Husband = x/70
diffrenece in their starting time = 10 mins = 10/60 = 1/6 hours
time taken by Mila - time taken by husband = 1/6 hours
x/50 -x/70 =1/6
70x-50x= 70*50/6
20x= 70*50/6
x= (70*50)/(6*20)
x= 29.17
He will catch up after he drives 29.17 km.
Answer by MathTherapy(10552) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Mila drives at 50 kph on her way to her office. Ten Minutes after she left, her husband who was still at home, discovers that she had left important papers. he tries to catch her before she gets to her office. If he drives at 70 kph, how long will he drive before he can catch up with her?
It'll take him minutes to catch her.
You can do the check!!
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