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Two cars started simultaneously towards each other from town A and B that are 480 km apart. It took the first car travelling from A to B 8 hours to cover the distance and the second car travelling from B to A 12 hours. Determine at what distance from A the two cars meet.

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Question Typemultiple choice

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Boat and Stream: Two cars started simultaneously towards each other from town A and B that are 480 km apart. It took the first car travelling from A to B 8 hours to cover the distance and the second car travelling from B to A 12 hours. Determine at what distance from A the two cars meet.

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