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Two towns are exactly 100 km. Ruby leaves city A driving at 30 km/h and Harry leaves city B a half an hour later driving at 60 km/h. Who will be closer to city A when they meet?​

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Let us first determine the time at which Ruby and Harry meet. Let t be the time (in hours) that Ruby drives before they meet. Then, Harry drives for t - 0.5 hours before they meet. We know that the total distance they cover is 100 km, so we can write an equation in terms of t:

30t + 60(t - 0.5) = 100

Simplifying and solving for t, we get t = 1.5 hours.

Now, we can determine the distance each person has driven when they meet. Ruby has driven 30 * 1.5 = 45 km, while Harry has driven 60 * 1 = 60 km. Since the distance between the two cities is 100 km, we can see that Harry is closer to city A when they meet, since he has driven 60 km compared to Ruby's 45 km.

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