SOLUTION: Along a road, spot X and spot Y are 1150m apart. Ann walks along the road from X to Y at 2/3 m/s. Yohan walks along the same road from Y to X at 1.25m/s. both start walking at the
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Question 766707: Along a road, spot X and spot Y are 1150m apart. Ann walks along the road from X to Y at 2/3 m/s. Yohan walks along the same road from Y to X at 1.25m/s. both start walking at the same time.
A) how many mins later will they meet ?
B) how far is their meeting point from X? Answer by josgarithmetic(39616) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! They meet when the sum of their walked distances equals 1150m.
Their time spent walking is the same because they begin their walks toward each other at the time starting time, and keep walking until meeting. Call this time, x.
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