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Jan’s house and Cindy’s house are joined by a straight road 24 miles long. Jan and Cindy agree to meet at a restaurant along that road, twice as far from Jan’s house as from Cindy’s. Beginning at noon, Cindy walks to the restaurant at a constant speed of 3 miles per hour. Later, Jan drives to the restaurant at a constant speed of 30 miles per hour. If they arrive at the restaurant simultaneously, at what time did Jan begin her drive?

A) 12:32
B) 1:25
C) 1:52
D) 2:08
E) 2:40

Time taken by Cindy to reach restaurant = 8/3 = 2 hour 40 mins = 160mins.
we are told Jan's speed is 10times Cindy's Speed , it means that for same distance X Jan will take 1/10 time taken by Cindy .
Since Jan has to drive for 2X distance when Cindy has to walk only for X , he will take \(\frac{2}{10}\) Time require by Cindy to walk X miles.
so Jan will take \(\frac{2}{10} * \frac{8}{3}\) = \(\frac{8}{15}\) = 32 Mins.
Jan should wait for 160-32 = 128 mins .
he should start at 2hrs 8mins past noon . i.e.\(2:08\)PM answer D
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Total Distance = 24 miles.
Let say x be the distance from Cindy’s home to Restaurant. Then distance from the Jan’s home to restaurant is 2x.
x+2x = 24
3x= 24.
X= 8.
Time taken for cindy will be approximately 8/3 hours 2.40 hours. Starting from 12 noon say more than 2. 30.
So we can eliminate answer options A, B, C and E
Because Jan will take 16/30 .. So he will take little more than 30 mins.
So the answer is D.
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Restaurant is 8 miles from Cindy's house and 16 miles from Jan's house.

So, time taken by Cindy = 8/3 hours
Time taken by Jan = 16/30 hours = 8/15 hours

So, Cindy takes (8/3 - 8/15) hours more than Jan = 8*(1/3 - 1/15) = 8*(4/15) = 128 minutes

Hence, Cindy should start 128 minutes later than Jan. So, Cindy should start 128 minutes after noon. So, Cindy should start at 2:08 pm.
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