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by BTGmoderatorLU » Fri Aug 31, 2018 2:55 pm
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The figure above shows the railway tracks between three cities A, B, and C. The distance between city A and city B is 100 kilometers and city A and city C is 240 kilometers. A train can travel from city A to city B via city C only and vice versa. Two trains are scheduled to start from city A and city B respectively at 9 AM and travel to city B and city A respectively. The speeds of the train starting from city A and city B are 20 kilometers per hour and 25 kilometers per hour respectively. If the train from city A starts half an hour early and the train from city B starts half an hour late, at what time will the two trains meet?

A. 7:10 PM
B. 8:10 PM
C. 8:23 PM
D. 8:40 PM
E. 8:53 PM

The OA is B.
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by deloitte247 » Sun Sep 02, 2018 10:13 am
$$Length\ of\ BC\ =\ h^2=O^2+a^2\ <pythagoras>$$
$$\ h^2=\left(100^2\right)km+\left(240^2\right)km$$
$$\ h^2=10000+57600=67600$$
$$\ h=\sqrt{67600}$$
$$\ h=260km$$

Length of BC = 260km
Distance between A to B via C= 240+260 = 500km
First train leave 1/2 hr (30 minutes) early
Second train leaves 1/2 hr (30 minutes) late

First late leaves at 08:30 am
Second train leaves at 09:30 am
When second train leaves the first train, the first train has already traveled for 1 hour and has covered a distance of 20km with speed of 20 km per hour.
Distance between first train from the second train is 500km - 20km = 480km

Time required for the 2 trains to meet = (distance between them) / speed
$$\frac{480}{20+25}=\frac{480}{45}=\frac{32}{3}$$
$$=10\ \frac{2}{3}=10hours\ and\ 40\ \min utes$$
9:30am + 10 hours 40 mins = 8:10 pm

Answer is B
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