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document.write( "Bob on his way from his home to town A after covering 3/8 of his journey, passed a lorry which was travelling at 80km per hour. When Bob reached town A 4 hours later the lorry was still 60km from town A . If the lorry had started 48km away from Bobs home how long did the lorry take to travel to town A.
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Algebra.Com's Answer #796308 by ikleyn(52784)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! .\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Hey, on the straight line, connecting Bob's home with the town A, \n" ); document.write( "there are TWO POINTS that are 48 km away from the Bob's home.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Since the post does not specify, which of these two points is starting point for the lorry,\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "this problem is lame: it admits 2 different solutions/answers.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |