document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=741222>Question 741222</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A motorist travelled from town x to Town Y. After travelling for 1.5hour, he passed a cyclist travelling at an average spped of 45 km/h in the opposite direction. when the motorist reached town y two hours later, the cyclist was 30 km away from Town X. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "a) Find the average speed of the motorist<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b) Find the distance between town x and town y.  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #451911 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><B>mananth(16946)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=mananth><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=451911\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> from the meeting point motorist took 2 hours to reach Y.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In two hours cyclist would have gone 90 km<BR>\n" );
document.write( "he was 30 km from X\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So total distance of 90+30 =120 km the motorist took 1.5 hours\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "120/1.5 = 80 km/h  motorist speed.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Total time by motorist = 3.5 hours\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "distance between X & Y = 80 *3.5 =280 km\r<BR>\n" );
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