document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=773015>Question 773015</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> . On a stretch of road which is 75 km long, two trucks were approaching towards each other. Truck A was going at a speed of 40 km per hour while truck B was going at a speed of 80 km per hour. What was the distance between the two trucks just one minute before they passed each other? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Adding their rates of travel, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=40%2B80=120 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"40%2B80=120\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > km/hour, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=120%2Ah=75 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"120%2Ah=75\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > would be an equation showing the variable for h hours when A and B would meet.  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=h=5%2F8 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"h=5%2F8\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > hours.  BUT we want <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F60 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F60\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > hour LESS than that.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The amount of travel time we want to use is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5%2F8-1%2F60 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5%2F8-1%2F60\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "LCD = 2*2*2*3*5,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%285%2F8%29%2815%2F15%29+-%281%2F60%29%282%2F2%29=%285%2A15-1%2A2%29%2F120=%2875-2%29%2F120=highlight%2873%2F120%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > hours\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Our two trucks are heading toward each other at 120 km/hour, and the time of 1 minutes less than the needed time for them to meet is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=73%2F120 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"73%2F120\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > of an hour.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Using rate*time=distance, we can find how far in total they have traveled, meaning the sum of their traveled distances:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=120%2A%2873%2F120%29=73 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"120%2A%2873%2F120%29=73\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > km. they have moved on this road path.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The difference between this road path length and how much they traveled 1 minute before meeting is then <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=75-73=2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"75-73=2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > kilometers. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "TWO Kilometers apart, 1 minute before meeting.<BR>\n" );
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