Question

A van leaves town x at 6:45am and travels towards town y ,400km away at an average speed of 80km/hr.At 8:00am a truck left y for x at an average speed of 60 km/hr.at what time will the two meet.

Answer 1

Hint:
Meeting time for two travelling towards each other is the distance divided by the sum of the speeds.

Answer 2

So at 8 am, x had travelled 80*(1.25hours)=100 km. He was then 400-100=300 km away from y when the truck left y for x.