document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1110289>Question 1110289</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Don left Vancouver and drove towards Hope BC at a speed of 120km/h. Brad left Hope at the same time and drove towards Vancouver at a speed of 90km/h. If hope is 122km from Vancouver how far had they driven when they passed eachother on the highway? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "You didn't ask how far EACH of them had traveled when they passed each other....<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the answer is trivial: if Hope is 122 km from Vancouver, then they (TOGETHER!) had driven 122 km when they passed each other.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "If you wanted to know how far EACH had traveled, then note that the ratio of their speeds is 120:90 = 4:3; that means that when they passed each other Don had driven 4/7 of the 122 km and Brad had driven 3/7 of the 122 km. </SPAN>\n" );
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