SOLUTION: Shakeel and Tarun start a bicycle journey at the same time. Shakeel rides at a speed of 30km/h and completes the journey in 5 hours. 1) What is the distance covered by Shakeel?

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Question 988630: Shakeel and Tarun start a bicycle journey at the same time. Shakeel rides at a speed of 30km/h and completes the journey in 5 hours.
1) What is the distance covered by Shakeel?
2) Tarun covers the first 96 km at a speed of 32km/h. How much time does he take to cover the 96 km?
3) Tarun completes the remaining part of the journey at an average speed of 36km/h. What is the distance between Shakeel and Tarun at the moment Tarun completes the journey?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
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(1)
+d+=+r%2At+
+d+=+30%2A5+
+d+=+150+ km
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(2)
+d+=+r%2At+
+96+=+32%2At+
+t+=+3+ hrs
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(3)
Tarun has +150+-+96+=+54+ km
left to the journey
The time for Tarun to ride this last part is
+t+=+d%2Fr+
+t+=+54%2F36+
+t+=+1.5+ hrs
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Tarun's total time is+3+%2B+1.5+=+4.5+ hrs
Shakeel's total time is +5+ hrs
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Tarun finishes +5+-+4.5+=+.5+ hrs before
Shakeel does
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To find the distance between them as Tarun
crosses finish line, find distance Shakeel has
gone in the same time, +4.5+ hrs
+d%5B1%5D+=+30%2A4.5+
+d%5B1%5D+=+135+ km
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+150+-+135+=+15+
the distance between them as Tarun
crosses finish line is 15 km