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Old November 8th, 2008, 12:49 AM
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Originally Posted by helloying View Post
oh thanks you. it works but i dont undertsand why i must do that? Why plus their speed together?
Think about. It's all to do with relative velocity.

The alternative is to solve the following simultaneous equations for t:

2t = x .... (1)

2.4 t = 1350 - x .... (2)
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