document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=698521>Question 698521</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A car left Town A at 10:00am and travelled towards Town B at the average speed of 70 km/h. At the same timee a truck left Town B and travelled towards Town A over the same road at an average speed of 50 km/h. If the distance between Town A and Town B is 420km, at what time would the car and the truck pass each other? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "let x=distance car traveled<BR>\n" );
document.write( "420-x=distance truck traveled<BR>\n" );
document.write( "travel time=distance/speed (same for car and truck)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x/70=(420-x)/50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "50x=70(420-x)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "50x=29400-70x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "120x=29400<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=245<BR>\n" );
document.write( "travel time=x/70=3.5 hrs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "time car and truck pass each other: 1:30 pm </SPAN>\n" );
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