Two towns A and B are 220km apart. A bus left town A at 11.00a.m and travelled towards town B at 60km/h. At the same time,...

Two towns A and B are 220km apart. A bus left town A at 11.00a.m and travelled towards town B at 60km/h. At the
same time, a matatu left town B for town A and travelled at 80km/h. The matatu stopped for 45 minutes on the way
before meeting the bus. Calculate the distance covered by the bus before meeting the matatu.

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sharon kalunda answered the question on May 9, 2019 at 06:45

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