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Old 17th April 2008 | 07:54
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Mark 1
 
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How about this way of thinking about it:

At 2.10 the first car has been going 1/6 of an hour so has travelled 15km (90/6).
The second car is then closing the gap at the difference between their speeds i.e. 10km/h.

So to close a 15km gap at a rate of 10km/h takes an hour and a half.
Add the ten minutes the second car was waiting you get the 1h40m previously quoted.

So the answer is 3.40
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