document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=807420>Question 807420</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A car A is approaching at a speed of 10m/sec another car B moving in the opposite direction at a speed of 20m/sec distance b/w cars is 300m<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A fly whose absolute speed is 50m/sec goes repeatedly from A to B and back, without loosing any time at any of the cars. This repeated moving back and forth stops when the two cars crash into each other. Answer the following:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(i) The distance traveled by the fly before the collision is _______m.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(ii) The number of trips made by the fly back and forth is _________ </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "A fly whose absolute speed is 50m/sec goes repeatedly from A to B and back, without loosing any time at any of the cars. This repeated moving back and forth stops when the two cars crash into each other. Answer the following:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(i) The distance traveled by the fly before the collision is _______m.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(ii) The number of trips made by the fly back and forth is _________\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Car A speed = 10m/s<BR>\n" );
document.write( "car B speed = 20 m/s\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "combined speed = 30m/s since they are approaching each other\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "distance = 300 m\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "time they crash = 300/30 = 10 seconds\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Speed of fly = 50 m/s\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "time it flies is 10 seconds\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so distance it travels = 50 * 10 = 500 meters\r<BR>\n" );
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