document.write( "Question 1105321: Help me to solve this problem: Jon left Prince George and drove towards Vancouver at a speed of 110 km/hr. Jim left Vancouver
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document.write( "Since they move toward each other, their relative speed is 110 km/h + 100 km/h = 210 km/h.\r\n" );
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document.write( "It is the rate decreasing the distance between them.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So, the time before they meet each other is time =  =  hours.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Moving at the rate 100 km/h, George will cover   = 333.333 km.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Jim will cover   = 366.667 km.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Let t be time when they meet each other (in hours).\r\n" );
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document.write( "During this time, Peter will cover the distance 100*t kilometers.\r\n" );
document.write( "Jim will cover 110*t kilometers.\r\n" );
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document.write( "At the moment they meet each other, they cover the entire distance of 700 kilometers:\r\n" );
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document.write( "100*t + 110*t = 700.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Or, which is the same,\r\n" );
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document.write( "(100 + 110)*t = 700,\r\n" );
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document.write( "which gives you   t =  =  hours.   (*)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Notice that (*) is the same formula for t as you get in the first solution.\r\n" );
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