John starts his journey from A to B and Tom starts his journey from B to A at the same time.After passing each other they complete their journeys in 3 1/3 and 4 4/5 hours respectively.Find the speed of Tom if John traveled at 12 miles/hr.
Pick.
A) a) 8.33 m/hr
B) b) 9 m/hr
C) c) 10 m/hr
D) d) 20 m/hr
E) e)16.66 m/hr
Your calculations look perfect, but I think they answer a different question from the one the question designer intended. I don't find the wording of this question to be good at all, but I'm pretty sure what they mean is this: from the point in time at which John and Tom meet, it takes a *further* 3 1/3 hours for John to complete his journey, and a *further* 4 4/5 hours for Tom to complete his journey. So if it takes them t hours to meet, John will end up traveling for a total of t + 10/3 hours, and Tom a total of t + 24/5 hours. That's a more difficult problem than the one you solved. I don't have time to write up a solution at the moment, but I can later if that would be helpful.   c) 10 m/hr)
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John starts his journey from A to B and Tom starts his journey from B to A at the same time.After passing each other they complete their journeys in 3 1/3 and 4 4/5 hours respectively.Find the speed of Tom if John traveled at 12 miles/hr.