Plz the distance between the cities atlanta and indianapolis is 540 miles. a motorcycle's speed is 48 mph. for a car it takes 2.25 hours less to cover same distance than for the motorcycle. how long does it take them to meet, if they start moving towards each other simultaneously?

5 hours

Step-by-step explanation:

Given: The distance between the cities Atlanta and Indianapolis=540 miles

The speed of motorcycle= 48 mph

Since,

Thus, time taken by car to travel the distance= 11.25-2.25= 9 hours

Let t be the time at which they will meet if they are moving towards each other  simultaneously.

Then Distance covered by Motorcycle+Distance covers by car= 540 miles

Thus they will meet in 5 hours, after which time the motorcycle will have traveled

and the car will have traveled

42.4

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