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A car travels the distance between Logan Airport and the town of Framingham in 20 min. The Logan Express bus travels this distance in 30 min. After how long do the car and bus meet if they leave at the same time, and one travels from Framingham to the airport while the other travels from the airport to Framingham?

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Final answer:

The car and bus will meet after 10 minutes of travel.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find out when the car and bus meet, we need to calculate how long it takes for each to travel the distance between Logan Airport and Framingham.

The car travels this distance in 20 minutes and the bus takes 30 minutes.

Since they both leave at the same time, the car will have a head start of 20 minutes.

Let's assume that they meet after t minutes. In that time, the car would have traveled t - 20 minutes, and the bus would have traveled t minutes.

Since they both travel the same distance, we can set up the equation:

t - 20 = t

2t = 20

t = 10

Therefore, the car and bus will meet after 10 minutes.

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