Problema Solution
After Adam started to walk to the station at 80 m/min, Bud set out 20 minutes later cycling at 240m/min, taking the same road that Adam took, and caught up with Adam before he got to the station. How many minutes did it take Bud to catch up with Adam? After Adam started to walk to the station at 80 m/min, Bud set out 20 minutes later cycling at 240m/min, taking the same road that Adam took, and caught up with Adam before he got to the station. How many minutes did it take Bud to catch up with Adam?
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Let 'x' represent the number of minuted Bud needed to catch up with Adam.
Since distance = speed*time we have:
80*(20 + x) = 240x
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x = 10 min
Bud needed 10 minutes to catch up with Adam.