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Algebra Level 3

A red car and a blue car started racing towards each other at the same time from point A A and B B respectively, as shown above, where A B AB was 600 600 km. long.

Then 6 6 hours later, both cars met up at point C C with constant speeds.

Afterwards, when the blue car reached the destination at point A A , the red car was passing point D D .

If C D CD was 160 160 km. long, how many more hours would the red car take to travel from point D D to the destination B B ?


The answer is 5.

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Let u u be the red car's speed and v v be the blue car's speed. The distance traveled will equal to speed multiplied by time.

Since both cars met up at point C C , their combined speed towards each other could be set up in the equation: 600 = 6 × ( u + v ) 600 = 6\times (u+v) ; u + v = 100 u+v = 100 .

Now, for the rest of the next journey with time t t , the red car had traveled 160 160 km.:

u t = 160 ut = 160

This time t t was the same time the blue car used to finish up the final distance, which the red car had first traveled. In other words, the first distance = 6 u = v t 6u = vt . Therefore, t = 6 u v t = \dfrac{6u}{v} .

Substituting this term in the previous equation, we'll get: u t = 6 u 2 v = 160 ut = \dfrac{6u^2}{v} = 160 .

3 u 2 = 80 v = 80 ( 100 u ) 3u^2 = 80v = 80(100-u)

3 u 2 + 80 u 8000 = 0 3u^2 + 80u - 8000 = 0

( u 40 ) ( 3 u + 200 ) = 0 (u-40)(3u+200) = 0

Thus, u = 40 u=40 ; v = 60 v=60 ; t = 6 × 40 60 = 4 t= \dfrac{6\times 40}{60} = 4 .

In other words, in 10 10 hours, the blue car had traveled 60 × 10 = 600 60\times 10 = 600 km. while the red car had traveled 40 × 10 = 400 40\times 10 = 400 km. and would have 200 200 km. to go.

As a result, it would take 200 40 = 5 \dfrac{200}{40} = \boxed{5} hours more for the red car to travel from point D D to the destination B B .

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