Journey in opp direction
- 1. 1) At 1pm, Tom drove from Town P to Town Q at a speed of 45 km/h while Jerry drove from Town Q to Town P at a speed of 60 km/h. Town P is 210 km from Town Q. At what time will they meet? D S T P Q 210 km Tom Speed – 45 km/h Jerry Speed – 60 km/h Distance travel in 1 hour by Tom and Jerry – (45 km/h × 1h) + (60km/h × 1h) = 105 km Time they will meet – 210 km ÷ 105 km = 2 h Ans: They will meet in 3 pm.
- 2. 2) Andy lived in Town X and Bernard lived in Town Y. They started jogging at 6 am from their homes towards each other in a straight path and met for breakfast. Andy jogged at a speed of 100 m/min while Bernard jogged at a speed of 150 m/min. If Town X was 3 km from Town Y, how far had Andy jogged before they met each other? D S T X Y 3 km Andy Speed – 100 m/min Bernard Speed – 150 m/min Distance travel in 1 min by Andy and Bernard – (100 m/min × 1 min) + (150 m/min × 1 min) = 250 m Time they will meet – 3 000 m ÷ 250 m = 12 min Ans: Andy had jogged 1 200m. Distance Andy jogged – 100 m/min × 12 min = 1 200 m
- 3. 3) At 9 am, Mr Tan started driving from Town X to Town Y at a speed of 70 km/h while Mr Krishnan started driving from Town Y to Town X at a speed of 80 km/h. Town X is 225 km from Town Y. At what time will they meet? D S T X Y 225 km Mr Tan Speed – 70 km/h Mr Krishnan Speed – 80 km/h Distance travel in 1 h by Mr Tan and Mr Krishnan – (70km/h × 1 h) + (80 km/h × 1 h) = 150 km Time they will meet – 225 km ÷ 150 km = 1 h Ans: They will meet at 10.30 am. Time they meet – 9 am 2 1 1 2 1 10.30 am h
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- 5. 4) At 8.30 am, Tommy is driving from Town P to Town Q at a speed of 45 km/h while Jerry is driving from Town Q to Town P at a speed of 60 km/h. Town P is 210 km from Town Q. At what time will they meet? 5) At 9 am, Tommy drove from Town C to Town D while Janet drove from Town D to Town C at a speed of 45 km/h. Town C is 310 km from Town D. If they meet after 2 h, what was Tommy’s speed at first. 6) At the same position on a straight road. Benedict and Alan jogged in the opposite direction. With Alan jogging at an average speed of 1.2 km/h slower than Benedict, the two boys were 5.2 km apart after jogging for 30 minutes. Find the average speed to Alan.
- 6. 8) City A was 885 km from City C. At 1100, Joe left City A for City C at a speed of 80 km/h. 45 minutes later, Dan left City C for City A at a speed of 70 km/h. At what time would the 2 men pass each other? 7) Town S and Town T are 1 200 km apart. At 1120, Mary drove from Town S to Town T at a speed of 65 km/h. At the same time, Harry left Town T for Town S at a speed of 85 km/h. At what time would they pass each other?