document.write( "Question 133857: peter started driving at 4:50 and is driving at an average speed of 30 mi/hr. dina is driving at an average of 40 mi/ hr. and she started driving at 5:20 if they both started driving from the same point, after how many hours would the meet?
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peter started driving at 4:50 and is driving at an average speed of 30 mi/hr. dina is driving at an average of 40 mi/ hr. and she started driving at 5:20 if they both started driving from the same point, after how many hours would the meet?
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\n" ); document.write( "From the information given we know that d's travel time was a half hour less than p's travel time
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\n" ); document.write( "Let t = p's travel time
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\n" ); document.write( "(t-.5) = d's travel time
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\n" ); document.write( "We d catches up with p, the will have traveled the same distance
\n" ); document.write( "write a distance equation from this fact: Dist = speed * time
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\n" ); document.write( "d's distance = p's dist
\n" ); document.write( "40(t-.5) = 30t
\n" ); document.write( "40t - 20 = 30t
\n" ); document.write( "40t - 30t = 20
\n" ); document.write( "t = 20/10
\n" ); document.write( "t = 2 hrs is p's travel time;
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\n" ); document.write( "d catches up with p at 6:50
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\n" ); document.write( "Check solution by confirming that the distances are equal
\n" ); document.write( "30(2) = 60 mi
\n" ); document.write( "40(1.5) = 60 also \n" ); document.write( "
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