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Nairobi and Eldoret are 600km apart. At 9.20a.m. a lorry leaves Eldoret for Nairobi at a speed of 60km/hr. At 10.00a.m. a car leaves Eldoret...

Nairobi and Eldoret are 600km apart. At 9.20a.m. a lorry leaves Eldoret for Nairobi at a speed of 60km/hr. At 10.00a.m. a car leaves Eldoret for Nairobi at a speed of 120km/hr. After 20 minutes of travel, the car develops a mechanical problem which takes 20 minutes to repair. The car then proceeds with the journey at the same speed.
(a) Calculate the time the lorry arrived in Nairobi
(b) Find the time when the car overtakes the lorry
(c) Find the distance from Nairobi at the overtaking point
(d) Calculate how far the lorry was from Eldoret when the car reached Nairobi

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d) 600/120 = 5hrs
Time taken by car = 6hrs
Distance of the lorry from Eldoret
= 60 x 6

Kavungya answered the question on November 5, 2019 at 11:59

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