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SOLUTIONIf Car X followed Car Y across a certain bridge that is 1/2 mile long, how many seconds did it take Car X to travel across the bridge?Let the time needed for car X to travel across the bridge be \(t_x\) seconds and the time needed for car Y be \(t_y\) seconds.
(1) Car X drove
onto the bridge exactly 3 seconds after car Y drove onto the bridge and
drove off the bridge exactly 2 seconds after car Y drove off the bridge --> car X needs 1 second less to travel across the bridge than car Y -->
\(t_y=t_x+1\). Not sufficient to calculate \(t_x\).
Dear
BunuelHow did you infer or conclude that relation in statement 1? I'm not able to understand it.
Thanks
Highlighted portion should help. Car X was on the bridge 3 seconds
after car Y, but off the bridge only 2 seconds
after car Y. So, X was on the bridge 1 second less than car Y.
I still face the confusion in understanding the phrases and visualization.
Later: X was still behind the Y and difference in time was 2 seconds, implying that speed of X must be more than speed of Y to compensate 1 second.
Now i stuck. Can you please help me?