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The distance between two towns M and N is 280 km. A car and a lorry travelled from M to N. The average speed of...

The distance between two towns M and N is 280 km. A car and a lorry travelled from M to N. The average speed of the lorry is 20 km less than that of the car. The lorry takes one hour twenty minutes more than the car, to travel the distance.
a) Find the speed of the car correct to 2 d.p
b) If the lorry started its journey from M to N at 8:15 am and the car started 4 hours 20 minutes later, in the same direction, at what time did the car overtake the lorry?
c) How far from town N will the lorry be when the car reaches town N correct to 2 d.p?

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sharon kalunda answered the question on August 6, 2019 at 11:58

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