Ronnie left the white house and traveled toward the capital

Ronnie left the white house and traveled toward the capital at an average speed of 34 m/h. George left at the same time and traveled in the opposite direction with an average speed of 65 m/h. Find the number of hours they need to travel before they are 59.4 m apart.

Solution

Let the required number of hours be \"x\".

Then the distance travelled by Ronnie = 34x (metres)

The distance travelled by George =65 x (metres)

Then it is given that

34x + 65x = 59.4

99 x = 59.4

x = 59.4/99 = 0.6 hours or 36 minutes