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A and S drive on the highway, going the same direction, 07 Nov 2007, 15:12
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A and S drive on the highway, going the same direction, respective rates of 72 and 80 kmh. If S is 4km behind Andrew, by how much does he have to increase his speed to catch up with A in 20 minutes?

1 kmh
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4 kmh
5 kmh

Can someone explain this using WORDs and then NUMBERS? i have never come across required acceleration in a RT=D question.



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A and S drive on the highway, going the same direction, 07 Nov 2007, 15:34
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A and S drive on the highway, going the same direction, respective rates of 72 and 80 kmh. If S is 4km behind Andrew, by how much does he have to increase his speed to catch up with A in 20 minutes?

1 kmh
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5 kmh

Can someone explain this using WORDs and then NUMBERS? i have never come across required acceleration in a RT=D question.
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S is traveling @80 he is 4Km behind
A is traveling @72
To catch A in 20 mins
S needs to travel same distance as A + 4km

Distcnce = speed*time

Assume S accelarates by x

S's new spped = 80+x A's speed 72
Total time to catch 20 mins = 20/60 hrs=1/3hr

Distcnce traveled by S in 20 mins (80+x)*(1/3)
Distcnce traveled by A in 20 mins (72)*(1/3)

Difference of thier distcne should be 4

(80+x)*(1/3) - (72)*(1/3)=4
8+x=4*3
x=4 Answer D
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A and S drive on the highway, going the same direction, 07 Nov 2007, 17:08
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A and S drive on the highway, going the same direction, respective rates of 72 and 80 kmh. If S is 4km behind Andrew, by how much does he have to increase his speed to catch up with A in 20 minutes?

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5 kmh

Can someone explain this using WORDs and then NUMBERS? i have never come across required acceleration in a RT=D question.
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A: can run 24 km in 20 minuets. so the distance for S is 24+4 = 28 km.

S: speed = 28/20 x 60 = 84.

so it is 4km/h
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A and S drive on the highway, going the same direction, respective rates of 72 and 80 kmh. If S is 4km behind Andrew, by how much does he have to increase his speed to catch up with A in 20 minutes?

1 kmh
2 kmh
3 kmh
4 kmh
5 kmh

Can someone explain this using WORDs and then NUMBERS? i have never come across required acceleration in a RT=D question.

S is traveling @80 he is 4Km behind
A is traveling @72
To catch A in 20 mins
S needs to travel same distance as A + 4km

Distcnce = speed*time

Assume S accelarates by x

S's new spped = 80+x A's speed 72
Total time to catch 20 mins = 20/60 hrs=1/3hr

Distcnce traveled by S in 20 mins (80+x)*(1/3)
Distcnce traveled by A in 20 mins (72)*(1/3)

Difference of thier distcne should be 4

(80+x)*(1/3) - (72)*(1/3)=4
8+x=4*3
x=4 Answer D
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thanks. very helpful!

OA is 4
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Speed to cover 4 Km in 20 minutes = 4*60/20 = 12 Km/Hr
Difference between speed of S and A = 80 -72 = 8 Km /Hr

So actual increase in speed required = 12 - 8 = 4 Km/Hr.
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A and S drive on the highway, going the same direction, 18 Dec 2007, 18:38
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A and S drive on the highway, going the same direction, respective rates of 72 and 80 kmh. If S is 4km behind Andrew, by how much does he have to increase his speed to catch up with A in 20 minutes?

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Can someone explain this using WORDs and then NUMBERS? i have never come across required acceleration in a RT=D question.
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Speed covered by A in those 20 mins = 1/3 * 72= 24 kms

B needs to cover 24 + 4 = 28 kms in 20 mins.

if a car travels 28 kms in 20 mins then in 60 mins it covers = 84 kms.

so S needs to travel at 84 kms..

so 4!!!
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Answer is 4 km/h:

A in 30 min will travel: 72 * 1/3 = 24 km
S should travel 24 + 4 = 28 km in 20 min --> S's speed should be 28 / 1/3 = 84, so he should increase his speed by 4 km/h
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A and S drive on the highway, going the same direction, 18 Dec 2007, 20:11
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A and S drive on the highway, going the same direction, respective rates of 72 and 80 kmh. If S is 4km behind Andrew, by how much does he have to increase his speed to catch up with A in 20 minutes?

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5 kmh

Can someone explain this using WORDs and then NUMBERS? i have never come across required acceleration in a RT=D question.
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My way . Let speed be increased by x
New 72 + x
Relative Speed = 80 - (72+x )
80 - ( 72 + x ) * 20 /60 = 4
x = 4 kmh
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Speed to cover 4 Km in 20 minutes = 4*60/20 = 12 Km/Hr
Difference between speed of S and A = 80 -72 = 8 Km /Hr

So actual increase in speed required = 12 - 8 = 4 Km/Hr.
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thanks. this is much more intuitive and faster :-D
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A and S drive on the highway, going the same direction, respective rates of 72 and 80 kmh. If S is 4km behind Andrew, by how much does he have to increase his speed to catch up with A in 20 minutes?

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Can someone explain this using WORDs and then NUMBERS? i have never come across required acceleration in a RT=D question.
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R 72+x 80
T 1/3 1/3
D d+4 d

24+x/3=80/3+4 ---> x/3= 80/3-72/3 +4 --> 8/3+12/3 --> 20/3=x/3 --> x=20 ????


O wait oops wrong person =)

R 72 80+x
T 1/3 1/3
D d d+4

80/3+x/3=24+4 ---> 80/3+x/3=28 --> 80+x=84 --> x=4
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In 20 minutes, A travels 72*1/3 = 24 kms

Therfore gap that needs to be made up is 24+4=28 kms, and it has to be done in 20 minutes. This correlates to a speed of 28/20=1.4 km/min, and in 60 mins that is 1.4*60=84 km/h

so speed has to be increased by 84-80=4 km/h



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