Problem
Two trains A and B start from two points P1 and P2 respectively at the same time and travel towards each other. The difference between their speed is 10 kmph and train A takes one hour more to cover the distance between P1 and P2 as compared to train B. Also by the time they meet, train B has covered 200/9 km more as compared to train A. What is the distance between P1 and P2?
Progress
In my attempt I have these. Consider u and v be the speed of train A and B respectively. and train A travels x distance and train B travels y distance before they meet. Also train A takes time t1 to reach point P2 and train B takes t2 to reach point P1. and d be the total distance between P1 and P2: y = x + 200/9, d = x + y, t2 = t1 - 1, v - u = 10.. with these information, all i can find is total time taken when they meet, which would be equal to 20/9 hrs.
Answer
You have three equations in three unknowns: du=dv+1v−u=10209(u+v)=d The third seems to be the one you are missing. It comes from the fact that when they meet, the total of the distances traveled is the whole distance from P1 to P2
Added: v+u=9d20v=9d40+5u=9d40−5d(v−u)=10d=uv10d=81d21600−25d=200(or−20081)
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