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Mutuku and Kamau live 40 km apart. Mutuku starts from his home and cycles towards Kamau's house at 16 km/h.

      

Mutuku and Kamau live 40 km apart. Mutuku starts from his home and cycles towards Kamau's house at 16 km/h. Kamau starts from his home at 8:00 am and cycles towards Mutuku. At what time do they meet?

  

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Raphael
Distance covered by Mutuku is 30 minutes.

$16 \times \frac{1}{2}$ = 8 km

Remaining distance is 32 km

Relative speed = 16 + 8 = 24 km/hr

Time taken = $\frac{32}{24}=\frac{4}{3}=1\frac{1}{3} hrs$ = 1 hour 20 minutes

Mutuku and Kamau meet at 8:00 am + 1 hr 20 minutes = 9:20 am
raphael answered the question on January 9, 2017 at 15:09


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