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Paul travels from Rye to Eston at an average speed of 90km/h. He travels for T hours. Mary makes the same journey at an average speed of 70km/h. She travels for 1 hour long than Paul. Work out the value
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Paul travels from Rye to Eston at an average speed of 90km/h. He travels for T hours. Mary makes the same journey at an average speed of 70km/h. She travels for 1 hour long than Paul. Work out the value of T

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Total distance covered;
For Paul;
sxt=distance
90*t= d
For mary;
s*t=d
70*(t+1)=d
70t+70=d

Since they cover same distance;
70t+70=90t
Putting like terms together;
70=90t-70t
70=20t
t=70/20
t= 3 and 1/2 hours
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