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Kiran and Clare live 28 miles away from each other along a rail trail Kiran walks at a speed of 3 miles per hour while Clare walks 4 miles per hour how long will it take the two friends to meet

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Answer:

Explanation:

Total distance between Kiran and Clare is 24 miles. They started walking at 8.00 am.

Speed of Kiran is 3 miles/hr and speed of Clare is 3.4 miles/hr.

So the relative speed of them is,

miles/hr

Both the speed are added as they moving in opposite direction.

We know that,

i.e

Putting the values,

As they started at 8.00 am, so the time at which will meet will be,

Explanation:

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