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A coach left woodlands and travelled towards Muar at an average speed of 50 Km/h.

Half an hour later, a car left Woodlands, travelled along the same route, and reached
Muar at 12.30 p.m. The distance between the two places was 150 km. The coach reached
Muar at 1.00 p.m
a) At what time did the car leave Woodlands?

b) What was the average speed of the car?

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Answer:

a) 10:30 a.m.

b) 75 km/h

Explanation:

You want to know the leaving time and speed of a car from Woodlands to Muar if it left half an hour later and arrived half an hour earlier than a coach that traveled the 150 km distance at a speed of 50 km/h and arrived at 1 p.m..

Travel time

The travel time of the coach is found from the relation ...

time = distance/speed

time = (150 km)/(50 km/h) = (150/50) h = 3 h

Then the coach left Woodlands at ...

1 pm -3 h = 10 am

a) Leaving time

The car left half an hour later than the coach, so left at 10:30 a.m..

b) Speed

The car arrived at Muar at 12:30 p.m. so had a travel time of ...

12:30 -10:30 = 2 h

The speed over the 150 km distance is given by ...

speed = distance/time

speed = (150 km)/(2 h) = (150/2) km/h = 75 km/h

The average speed of the car was 75 km/h.

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Additional comment

The car passed the coach at 11:30 a.m., when both had covered half the distance.

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