SOLUTION: At 06:00 hours two joggers start from opposite ends of an 8- km course. One jogger is running at 4km/hour and the other is running as a rate of 6km/hour .At what time will
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Question 474116: At 06:00 hours two joggers start from opposite ends of an 8- km course. One jogger is running at 4km/hour and the other is running as a rate of 6km/hour .At what time will the joggers meet? Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! At 06:00 hours two joggers start from opposite ends of an 8- km course.
One jogger is running at 4km/hour and the other is running as a rate of 6km/hour .
At what time will the joggers meet?
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Let t = no. of hrs after 6:00 that they will meet
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When they meet, the total dist of the two runners will be 8 km
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Write a distance equation dist = speed * time
4t + 6t = 8
10t = 8
t =
t = .8 hrs or .8(60) = 48 min
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They will meet at 6:48
