SOLUTION: 1) Officer Falheed and Officer O'Connell are 240km apart. They need to meet to transfer a suspect from one car to the other. They agree to leave at the same time, drive towards eac
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Question 185854: 1) Officer Falheed and Officer O'Connell are 240km apart. They need to meet to transfer a suspect from one car to the other. They agree to leave at the same time, drive towards each other, and meet along the route. Falheed averages 70k/hr and O'Connell averages 80k/hr. How long will it take the teo to meet each other to transfer the suspect
a) 1 hr 36 min b) 1 hr 46 min c) 2 hr 36 min d) 2 hr 46 min
2) A motorcycle traveling 60mph overtakes a police patrol car traveling at 40mph that had a 3hr head start. How far from the starting point are the two vehicles?
a) 360miles b) 279 miles c) 187 miles d) 290 miles
3) A certain trip took 40 min to complete. If half the distance was 100 and the other half at 60, what's the distance traveled during the trip?
a) 68 b) 50