Question

Person a and b traveling away from each other. It takes person a 2 hours to travel a full circle, and person b 5 hours to travel a full circle. how much time will it take for a and b to meet?

please provide given, and step by step

Answer 1

Let the circumference of the circle be 10L.

A moves at 10L/2 = 5L per hour

B moves at 10L/5 = 2L per hour

Therefore it will take them 10L/(5L+2L) = 10/7 hours to meet