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Lionel left his house and walked towards Walt's house, 48 [#permalink] New post 17 Mar 2012, 03:25
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Lionel left his house and walked towards Walt's house, 48 miles away. Two hours later, Walt left his house and ran towards Lionel's house. If Lionel's speed was 4 miles per hour and Walt's 6 miles per hour, how many miles had Lionel walked when he met Walt?

A. 12
B. 16
C. 20
D. 24
E. 28

Hi - can someone please explain the step by step approach to solve this question? Its in the GMATCub Test m03.

Unless, my approach is wrong this is how I solved this:

Lionel Speed = 4mph

Walt speed = 6 mph

Let T be the time taken by Lionel, then T-2 will be the time taken by Walt

4T + 6(T-2) = 48 [ Rate = Distance/Time and therefore Distance = Time * Rate]. I solved this to get

T=6

Lionel's speed = 4

Distance Lionel covered = 4*6 = 24
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Re: Lionel left his house and walked towards Walt's house, 48 [#permalink] New post 17 Mar 2012, 03:41
enigma123 wrote:
Lionel left his house and walked towards Walt's house, 48 miles away. Two hours later, Walt left his house and ran towards Lionel's house. If Lionel's speed was 4 miles per hour and Walt's 6 miles per hour, how many miles had Lionel walked when he met Walt?

A. 12
B. 16
C. 20
D. 24
E. 28

Hi - can someone please explain the step by step approach to solve this question? Its in the GMATCub Test m03.


In the first 2 hours Lionel at the rate of 4 miles per hour covered distance=rate*time=4*2=8 miles. So, the distance between him and Walt was 48-8=40 miles when Walt left his house. Now, their combined rate to cover this distance was 4+6=10 miles per hour, hence they will meet (they will cover that distance) in time=distance/rate=40/10=4 hours. Total time that Lionel was walking is 2+4=6 hours, which means that he covered in that time interval distance=rate*time=4*6=24 miles.

Answer: D.

P.S. Your solution is correct.

Hope it's clear.
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Re: Lionel left his house and walked towards Walt's house, 48 [#permalink] New post 15 Apr 2012, 19:36
First step - same as Bunuel suggested
In the first 2 hours Lionel at the rate of 4 miles per hour covered distance=rate*time=4*2=8 miles. So, the distance between him and Walt was 48-8=40 miles when Walt left his house.

Then apply the formula
Time to meet = Distance between L and W/(Rate of L + Rate of B)
Time to meet = 40/(4+6)
Time to meet = 40/10
Time to meet = 4 hrs

Lionel will travel 16 miles in 4 hrs and he has initially traveled is 8miles. So 16+8=24 miles

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Re: Lionel left his house and walked towards Walt's house, 48 [#permalink] New post 24 May 2012, 05:33
I will try to answer this que with relative velocity.

Lio - 4mph
walt - 6mph

Distance - 48 Miles

Lio walked for 2 hrs = 4*2 = 8 Miles already covered, when walt started.

Distance left b/w Lio and Walt = 48-8 = 40 Miles

Relative velocity of Lio and Walt = (6+4)* = 10 Mph
* Two objects approaching each other, there relative velocity = sum of thr speeds.

Time taken to meet = 40/10 = 4hrs

Thus, Lio walks for = 4mph*4hrs + 8 Miles (Walked Already) = 24 Miles

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Re: Lionel left his house and walked towards Walt's house, 48 [#permalink] New post 12 Aug 2012, 20:24
The First 2 hours Lionel covers- 8 miles (4 X 2).................... (1)
The remaining distance= 48-8= 40 miles.
Since they are moving in opposite directions the distance between them increases at the rate of 10 miles/hr (6+4)
Now both of them meet at 40/10= 4 hours
Now in 4 hours Lionel travels 4X4= 16 miles.............. (2)
therefore, Total distance Lionel would have travelled (1)+(2)=16+8= 24 miles.




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Re: Lionel left his house and walked towards Walt's house, 48 [#permalink] New post 25 Jan 2013, 16:15
why is Walt's time (t-2) and not (t+2) since he left 2 hours later?
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Re: Lionel left his house and walked towards Walt's house, 48 [#permalink] New post 25 Jan 2013, 17:02
JJ2014 wrote:
why is Walt's time (t-2) and not (t+2) since he left 2 hours later?


Thats because Walk walked for 2 hours less than 't' number of hours that Lionel walked.
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