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Two vehicle running towards each other in a straight line 100km

apart at a uniform speed of 45km/hr and 80km/hr respectively.
When they'l meet (time)?
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Anish Goyal, Btech IT from Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology (2021)

Answered Mar 8, 2017

Use the concept of relative speeds. Assume one of them to be at rest. So the relative velocity of the
other will become 45 + 80 = 125km/hr. (You can assume any of them to be ar rest)

Now time = distance / speed = 100/125 hr = 4/5 hr

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Aditya DS, Physics Enthusiast

Answered Mar 8, 2017

Let the two cars meet at a time to t . Let the speed of A be 80kmph and B be 45kmph . Let distance
traveled by A from the start to the meeting point be x. So distance traveled by B is (100 − x). Then:
For car A:
80 = x/t or
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For car B:
45 = (100 − x)/t or1
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t = (100 − x)/45

Equating time, x/80 = (100 − x)/45

45x = 8000 − 80x

125x = 8000

x = 8000/125 = 64km

t = 64/80 = 4/5hr = 48minutes.

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Therefore at the meeting point 48minutes would have been elapsed and car A would have

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Mathew Cherian, Bachelors in Electronics Engineering.

Answered Aug 29, 2018
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Suppose they meet at a point O, s1 and s2 distance from each end. That is s1+s2=100.

If a1 and a2 are acceleration of both respectively, a1 = 4500/3600 =1.18 and a2=8000/3600=1.91 m/sec
approximately.

If initial velocity is zero assuming them to be u1 and u2. Time travelled by both to be t.

Total distance travelled by each is u1.t1+0.5.a1.t1^2 and u2.t2^2+0.5.a2.t2^2. This reduces to

0.5((1.18.t^2)+(1.91.t^2))=100. Here t1 =t2 /t, as both meet coincidently.

So t=sqrt.((100000/0.5x3.1)seconds after they start.

Which is equal to around 6060 seconds or 1.8 hours.

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