How Do You Calculate Distance And Time For Two People Travelling Towards Each Other?
Your generic formula of distance = velocity * time will work. Let X = distance measured from Toronto where Julie and Mark will meet T = time when they will meet X = 75T will represent the distance that Julie will travel from Toronto to Hamilton (50 – X) = 50T will represent the distance that Mark will travel from Hamilton to Toronto Substituting X = 75T in the other equation, 50 – 75T = 50T 125T = 50 T = 2/5 hour = 24 minutes Mark and Julie will meet in 24 minutes after both have left their respective places. Solving for X, X = (2/5)(75) = 30 km. Mark and Julie will meet 30 km from Toronto.
