SOLUTION: Amit starts from town A for town B at 6 a.m at a speed of 60 kmph.vijay starts from B for A at 80 kmph and meets Amit after travelling 60 km.If both of them reach their destination

Question 988966: Amit starts from town A for town B at 6 a.m at a speed of 60 kmph.vijay starts from B for A at 80 kmph and meets Amit after travelling 60 km.If both of them reach their destinations at the same time , what is the distance between the two town
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Their destinations is a specific POINT between towns A and B?

Sum of their traveled distances is the distance between the towns.

Amit         60     t      d
Vijay        80     t     60


System of Equations

Solve for t and t, and then evaluate d+60.
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