document.write( "Question 1044361: Two​ cars, 465 kilometers​ apart, begin driving toward each other on a​ long, straight highway. One car travels 75 kilometers per hour and the other 8080 kilometers per hour. At the same​ time, a​ canary, starting on one​ car, flies back and forth between the two cars as they approach each other. If the canary flies 100 kilometers per hour and spends no time to turn around at each​ car, how far has it flown when the cars​ collide?\r
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Two​ cars, 465 kilometers​ apart, begin driving toward each other on a​ long, straight highway.
\n" ); document.write( " One car travels 75 kilometers per hour and the other 80 kilometers per hour.
\n" ); document.write( " At the same​ time, a​ canary, starting on one​ car, flies back and forth between the two cars as they approach each other.
\n" ); document.write( " If the canary flies 100 kilometers per hour and spends no time to turn around at each​ car, how far has it flown when the cars​ collide?
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\n" ); document.write( "Find how long (t) it takes the cars to collide
\n" ); document.write( "75t + 80t = 465
\n" ); document.write( "155t = 465
\n" ); document.write( "t = 465/155
\n" ); document.write( "t = 3 hrs
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\n" ); document.write( "The bird flies for 3 hrs at 100 km/hr. dist = speed * time
\n" ); document.write( "d = 100 * 3
\n" ); document.write( "d = 300 km it has flown when crash occurs\r
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