document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=413824>Question 413824</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> to cars start toward each other at eh same time from two cities 360 km apart. if one car averages 40 km/h and the other 50 km/h,how much time will elapse before they meet? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #290315 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=bayners123><B>bayners123(12)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-06.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=bayners123><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=290315\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Just find the relative speeds by adding the two speeds,in this case 50km/hr and 40km/hr.  This gives you that they are travelling towards each other at 90km/hr.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now use the equation for speed time and distance:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "distance = speed * time<BR>\n" );
document.write( "time = distance/speed<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=360/90<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=4 hrs<BR>\n" );
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