Question 1199336

Hi
Town x and town y are 560km apart. At 11am a van leaves x for y travelling at a constant speed. At the same time a bus leaves x for y travelling at a constant speed. The two pass each other at 1.20pm . The average speed of the van is 60km per hour faster than the bus.

Find the vans average speed. How far is the bus from x when it passes the van.
Thanks
<pre>They can't PASS EACH OTHER if they leave the same location and are heading in the same direction. One must've left x heading to y, 
and the other, y heading to x.
That way, van's speed would be <font color = red><font size = 4><b>150 km/h</font></font></b>, NOT 240 km/h as the other person claims.

With the van heading to y, at 150 km/h, {{{2&1/3}}} hours after leaving x, it would've covered {{{highlight_green(matrix(1,7, (2&1/3)150, "=", (7/3)150, "=", 7(50), "=", highlight(matrix(1,2, 350, km)))))}}}
This is where they pass each other, which is also the distance that the bus is, from x.
OR
Calculate the distance the bus traveled from y to the "passing" point, and then subtract that from 560 km. The result should be the same!</pre>