Question

Your friend is having trouble solving word problems. Create a word problem of your own and provide the answer along with a detailed explanation of how you solved your equation.

Answer 1

Explanation:

Places A and B are 100 km apart on a highway. One car starts from A and another from B at the same time. If the car travel in the same direction at different speeds, they meet in 5 hours. If they travel towards each other, they meet in 1 hour. What are the speeds of the two cars?

Solution :

Let “x km/hr” be the speed of 1st car

Let “y km/hr” be the speed of the 2nd car

Time = Distance/Speed

Speed of both cars while they are traveling in the same direction = (x – y)

Speed of both cars while they are traveling in the opposite direction = (x + y)

5 = 100/(x -y)

x – y = 100/5

x - y = 20

x - y - 20 = 0 ---(1)

1 = 100/(x + y)

x + y = 100

x + y - 100 = 0--b----(2)

x/(100 + 20) = y/(-20 + 100) = 1/(1 + 1)

x/120 = y/80 = 1/2

x/120 = 1/2 y/80 = 1/2

x = 120/2 y = 80/2

x = 60 y = 40

So, the speed of first car = 60 km/hr

Speed of second car = 40 km/hr