A bus left town A at 5:20am to town B 610km away at an average speed of 60km/hr. After 3 hrs 10 minutes, a van...

A bus left town A at 5:20am to town B 610km away at an average speed of 60km/hr. After 3 hrs 10 minutes, a van left town B and travelled towards A at an average speed of 80km/hr.
(a) (i) At what time did they meet
(ii) How far from A was the meeting point
b) A car left town B at 9:00am and travelled towards A at an average speed of 100km/hr.
Determine
(i) The time the car caught up with the van
(ii) The distance the car travelled to catch up with the van.

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Kavungya answered the question on November 2, 2019 at 06:01

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