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Town-A-is-36-kilometers-from-town-B-Two-persons-start-to-travel-at-the-same-time-one-from-A-to-B-and-other-from-B-to-A-After-meeting-in-a-way-the-first-person-covers-the-remaining-distance-in-2




Question Number 5807 by Rasheed Soomro last updated on 28/May/16
Town A  is  36 kilometers from   town B.  Two persons start to travel  at the same time, one from A to B  and other from B to A. After meeting  in a way the first person covers the  remaining distance in 2 hours and  the second  in 8 hours. Determine their  speed.     (From a book)
$$\mathcal{T}{own}\:\boldsymbol{\mathrm{A}}\:\:{is}\:\:\mathrm{36}\:{kilometers}\:{from}\: \\ $$$${town}\:\boldsymbol{\mathrm{B}}.\:\:{Two}\:{persons}\:{start}\:{to}\:{travel} \\ $$$${at}\:{the}\:{same}\:{time},\:{one}\:{from}\:\boldsymbol{\mathrm{A}}\:{to}\:\boldsymbol{\mathrm{B}} \\ $$$${and}\:{other}\:{from}\:\boldsymbol{\mathrm{B}}\:{to}\:\boldsymbol{\mathrm{A}}.\:{After}\:{meeting} \\ $$$${in}\:{a}\:{way}\:{the}\:{first}\:{person}\:{covers}\:{the} \\ $$$${remaining}\:{distance}\:{in}\:\mathrm{2}\:{hours}\:{and} \\ $$$${the}\:{second}\:\:{in}\:\mathrm{8}\:{hours}.\:{Determine}\:{their} \\ $$$${speed}.\:\:\:\:\:\left(\mathrm{From}\:\mathrm{a}\:\mathrm{book}\right) \\ $$

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