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At what time do they meet?

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A & B are two stations 660 km apart. A train starts from A at 8 a.m. and travels towards B at 120 km/hr. Another train starts from B at 9 a.m. and travels towards A at 150 km/hr. At what time do they meet?

posted Jan 11, 2016 by Abhishek Maheshwari

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Suppose both trains meet x hours after 8.00 a.m.
Distance covered by A in x hours=120xkm
Distance covered by B in (x-1) hours=150(x-1)km
120x+150(x-1)=660
x=3hrs
so a and B meets @11.00 a.m.

answer Jan 11, 2016 by Jaikumar Bhatia
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11am .... both meet at 3.6km from A side and 3km from B side...

answer Jan 12, 2016 by anonymous



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