document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1078879>Question 1078879</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Two countries X and Y are 600km apart. A bus left country Y at 9:00 a.m at an average speed of 100km/hr. A car started from country X at 10:30 a.m from country Y at an average speed of 150km/he.find; <BR>\n" );
document.write( "how far from country Y did the bus and the car meet <BR>\n" );
document.write( "the time the bus and the matatu met  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "from Y, distance is 100x, where x is number of hours<BR>\n" );
document.write( "from X, distance is 150(x-1/2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The distances add to 600 km<BR>\n" );
document.write( "100x+150x-75=600km<BR>\n" );
document.write( "250x=675 km<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=2.7 hours or 2h42m or 11:42 am<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That would be 270 km towards X from Y<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "150*2.2=330 km towards Y from X </SPAN>\n" );
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