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Two cars started simultaneously towards each other from towns A and B which are 480 km apart.It took first car travelling from A to B 8 hours to cover the distance and second car travelling form B to A in 12 hours.Determine when do the car meet after starting and at what distance from town A.Assuming that both the cars travelled with constant speed.

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To solve the problem of when the two cars meet and at what distance from town A, we can follow these steps: ### Step 1: Determine the speeds of both cars - **Car A** travels from town A to town B and takes 8 hours to cover 480 km. - **Car B** travels from town B to town A and takes 12 hours to cover 480 km. **Calculating the speed of Car A:** \[ ...
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