Cycling trip

At 8:00 AM, a group of children from a summer camp set off on a cycling day trip. After 9:00, the weather deteriorated sharply and the leader decided to send a bus along the same route to pick up the children. The bus departed at 10:00. When and at what distance from the camp did the bus catch up with the children, if the children cycled at an average speed of 15 km/h and the bus travelled at 75 km/h?

Final Answer:

t =  0.5 h
s =  37.5 km

Step-by-step explanation:


15(t+(10-8))=75t

15·(t+(10-8))=75·t

60t = 30


t = 30/60 = 0.5

t = 1/2 = 0.5

Our simple equation calculator calculates it.
s=75 t=75 0.5=37.5 km



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