document.write( "Question 270659: Two cars are 300 miles apart and moving toward each other with 36 mph and 24 mph respectively. If they starts at 1 pm, what time will they meet each other? \n" ); document.write( "
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Let them meet after some time T\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "let one car travel x miles in time t\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "the other car will travel 300-x in the same time since they start at the same time\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "distance traveled by one car is x/36\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "distance traveled by other car is 300-x / 24
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x/36 = 300-x / 24\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "24x= 10800 -36x
\n" ); document.write( "24x+36x= 10800\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "60x= 10800\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x= 180\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x/36 = time taken by one car = 180/36= 5 hours\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "They meet at 6.00 pm\r
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