SOLUTION: Jim is currently 120 km from home and drives at a rate of 55 km/hr towards home. Tim is 25 km from home and drives at a rate of 65 km/hr away from home. When will Jim and Tim meet

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Question 1117597: Jim is currently 120 km from home and drives at a rate of 55 km/hr towards home. Tim is 25 km from home and drives at a rate of 65 km/hr away from home. When will Jim and Tim meet each other on the road. Find the answer by graphing.
Please have the graph.
Found 2 solutions by solver91311, ikleyn:
Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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is where they are now, so that is the value on the -axis. 55 mph is the magnitude of Jim's rate of change of position (aka speed), but he is in the process of decreasing his value of "miles from home." Hence, his speed must be expressed as a negative value. Tim's speed is positive because he is increasing his distance from home.

The equations for each of the graphed lines are given in the diagram. Now, the problem is to figure out what value of would make both equations produce the same value of . Has to be the same value of because being at the same place is an essential element of the definition of "meet".



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John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it

Answer by ikleyn(52781) About Me  (Show Source):
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This condition means NOTHING, since it even does not define/(does not determine), if the drivers move in one direction or towards each other.

Simply read it attentively.

Badly designed text.