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A bus leaves Migori at 7:00 am and travels towards Nairobi at a speed of 80 km/hr. A car leaves Migori at 8:15 am and travels towards Nairobi at a speed of 100 km/hr. Calculate: a) The time when the c
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Part a(i)· 4 steps
The time when the car caught up with the bus.
Determine the departure times and speeds.
Bus:
Departure time = 7:00 am
Speed () = 80 km/hrCar:
Departure time = 7:00 am + 1.25 hours = 8:15 am
Speed () = 100 km/hrLet be the time in hours the bus has traveled when the car catches up.
The car travels for hours.
Distance covered by bus () =
Distance covered by car () =Equate the distances to find .
When the car catches up, .
Convert the time into hours and minutes and add to the bus's departure time.
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Time of catch-up = 7:00 am + 6 hours 15 minutes = 1:15 pm.
The time when the car caught up with the bus is .
Part a(ii)
The distance from Migori when the car caught up with the bus.
Use the time from part (a)(i) and the bus's speed to find the distance.
Distance =
Distance =
Distance = .
The distance from Migori when the car caught up with the bus is .
Part b· 5 steps
A Matatu left Kisumu for Migori at 10:10 a.m and moved at an average speed of 100km/hr. if the Matatu met the bus at the same time as the car, find the time when the Matatu arrived in Migori.
Determine the meeting time of the Matatu and the bus.
The Matatu met the bus at the same time the car caught up with the bus, which is 1:15 pm.
Calculate the distance the bus traveled from Migori to the meeting point.
Bus departure time = 7:00 am
Meeting time = 1:15 pm
Time bus traveled = 1:15 pm - 7:00 am = 6 hours 15 minutes = 6.25 hours.
Distance from Migori to meeting point () = .Calculate the distance the Matatu traveled from Kisumu to the meeting point.
Matatu departure time = 10:10 am
Meeting time = 1:15 pm
Time Matatu traveled = 1:15 pm - 10:10 am.
1:15 pm = 13:15 (24-hour format)
10:10 am = 10:10 (24-hour format)
Time Matatu traveled = (13 hours 15 minutes) - (10 hours 10 minutes) = 3 hours 5 minutes.
Convert 5 minutes to hours: hours.
Time Matatu traveled = hours.
Matatu speed () = 100 km/hr.
Distance from Kisumu to meeting point () = .Calculate the total distance between Migori and Kisumu.
Total distance =
Total distance = .Calculate the total time the Matatu takes to travel from Kisumu to Migori.
Time = .
Simplify the fraction: hours.
Convert to hours and minutes: . So, 8 hours and hours.
$\frac{1}{12} hours = \frac{1}{12}
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