document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1163254>Question 1163254</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The driving distance between Boston and NYC is 220 miles.  At 10:00am, Alecia starts out driving from Boston to NYC and drives at an average speed of 70MPH.  At 11:00am that same day, Burt starts out driving from NYC to Boston on the same route (opposite direction) and he drives at an average speed of 65MPH.  Assuming neither makes any stops along the way: 1) at what time will they pass one another; and 2) how far will each have driven at that point? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "If the one going 70 mph leaves at 10 and the other leaves at 11 am, the first one will have travelled 70 miles in that first hour, so that when they are both moving, they will start at 150 miles apart.  Since they are traveling in opposite directions, their speed of approach is the sum of their speeds, namely 135 miles per hour.  So they will meet at <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \frac{150}{135}\ =\ \frac{10}{9}\"> hours after 11 am, or 12:06:40 pm.  A travels a total of 70 miles plus <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \frac{10}{9}\"> hours times 70 miles per hour.  B travels a total of <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \frac{10}{9}\"> hours times 65 miles per hour.  <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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