<PRE><B>Question 588608</B>
A motorist, X, traveling at a uniform speed of 48 km/h passes a village at 6 a.m..
 Another motorist, Y , traveling at a uniform speed of 66 km/h passes the same village at 6.30 a.m.
 Draw straight line graphs to show the journeys of X and Y between 6.30 a.m. and 9 a.m. , taking 4 cm to represent 1 hour on the time axis and 2 cm to represent 20 km on the the distance axis.
 Deduce from your graph the time at which both motorists are at the same distance from the village.
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Write a linear equation for each motorist
dist from village, on the vertical axis
time (from 6:30) on the horizontal
origin, 0 represent 6:30 am, and at the village
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Motorist x (travels 1/2 hr longer than y):
d = 48(t+.5); red graph
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Motorist y:
d = 66t; green graph
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On graph
{{{ graph( 300, 200, -1, 3, -50, 120, 48(x+.5), 66x) }}}
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In 1{{{1/3}}} hrs, at about 85 miles they intersect, same distance from village
6:30 + 1:20 = 7:50 AM would be the time 
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