Catching up

Peter and Charles live at the same address. Peter will drive to the stadium in 30 minutes and Charles in 40 minutes. If Charles leaves 5 minutes earlier, where will Peter catch up with him?

Final Answer:

p =  1000 %

Step-by-step explanation:

s=2000 m v1=s/30=2000/30=320066.6667 m/min v2=s/40=2000/40=50 m/min  p = v1 t = v2 (t+5) v1 t = v2 (t+5) v1 t = v2 t + 5 v2  t=v1v25 v2=66.6667505 50=15 min p=v1 t=66.6667 15=1000%



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