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Question 1053145: Please help me solve this equation:
Distance between the cities A - B is 125 km. Dan departs from town A to town B at 07:05 pm with a speed of 40 km / h . At the same time , Vahn departs from town B to town A with a speed of 60 km / h . At what time they will meet ?
Found 2 solutions by jorel555, ikleyn:
Answer by jorel555(1290) (Show Source):
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Since they are traveling towards each other, we add their velocities together to see how fast they are approaching each other.
40+60=100 kmh
125/100=1.25 hours before they meet
7:05 + 1.25 hours =8:20 p.m. as the time they meet. ☺☺☺☺

Answer by ikleyn(52794) (Show Source):
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Please help me solve this equation:
Distance between the cities A - B is 125 km. Dan departs from town A to town B at 07:05 pm with a speed of 40 km / h .
At the same time , Vahn departs from town B to town A with a speed of 60 km / h . At what time they will meet ?
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Answer. At 08:20 pm.

Solution

They will meet in = = 1 hour and 15 minutes after departure.