Town A and B are 24km apart. Susan leaves town A at 10.00 a.m and cycles to town B at a steady speed if 12km/h....

      

Town A and B are 24km apart. Susan leaves town A at 10.00 a.m and cycles to town B at a steady speed if 12km/h. She
rests for exactly one hour and then runs back to town A at 8km/h. Jane leaves town B at 11.45 a.m and rides straight to
town A, where reaches 5 minutes after Susan.
(a) At what time did Susan leave town B.
(b) At what time did Jane reach town A.
(c) How fast did Jane ride?.
(d) At what time did Susan overtake Jane?

  

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