Two automobiles left simultaneously from cities a and b heading towards each other and met in 5 hours. the speed of the automobile that left city a was 10 km/hour less than the speed of the other automobile. if the first automobile had left city a 4.5 hours earlier than the other automobile left city b, then the two would have met 150 km away from b. find the distance between a and b.

The distance between the two is:

d=1600km

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Step-by-step explanation:

so, we know A and B left at the same time, one from city A and the other from city B, they're both moving towards each other, and they met in 5hrs.

now, by the time they met, car A has been running for 5hrs already,

and car B has also been running for 5hrs, so the time for both is the same, when they met, each had been running for 5hrs

if B has a speed rate of "r", then A's speed rate is " r - 10"

now, the next to last paragraph

"If the first automobile had left city A 4 1/2 hours earlier than the other automobile left city B, then the two would have met 150 km away from B."

IF, a big if, but they didn't, they left at the same exact time, so that's just an IF

if A had left 4 1/2 hrs earlier, they'd had met 150km from B

so... by the time A had been running already for 4.5 hrs, car B starts off, goes off and they meet 5hrs later, when they meet, car A would have been running for 5hrs, 4.5 + .5 hrs, but car B would had been running for only half an hour when they met

that means car B met car A half an hour later from when it started, and met A 150kms away from its starting point

that means car B can cover 150km in just half an hour

that gives us a speed rate of 150/.5  

which is 300kmh

now, if car B is 300kmh, car A has r-10, or 300-10, or 290kmh

so, car A's rate is really just 290

now, let's say the total distance is AB

so, by the time car A had been running for 5hrs, it had covered a distance of "d"

by the time car B had been running for 5hrs, it had then covered the slack, or " AB - d "

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c - they will have the same distribution

step-by-step explanation:

this is the only one that could make sense. : )