SOLUTION: 2 cars A and B seperated by 400 Km started moving at 8a.m. towards each other with Va=100Km/h and Va=50 Km/h. At what time will the distance between them become 100 Km?
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Question 282421: 2 cars A and B seperated by 400 Km started moving at 8a.m. towards each other with Va=100Km/h and Va=50 Km/h. At what time will the distance between them become 100 Km? Answer by dabanfield(803) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 2 cars A and B seperated by 400 Km started moving at 8a.m. towards each other with Va=100Km/h and Va=50 Km/h. At what time will the distance between them become 100 Km?
Let t be the time needed for the two cars together to travel 400-100 = 300 km.
Then, using the formula distance = rate*time, we have:
300 = 100*t + 50*t
Solve the above for t and add to 8:00a.
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