Two locomotives 70 kilometers apart are travelling on the same track towards each other , Engine A moves at 22 kilometers per hour east and engine B moves at 13 kilometers per hour west. At the instant both trains begin moving, an annoying mutant fly begins flying from engine A towards engine B at 33 kilometers per hour . The instant it touches B, it turns around and flies back. It goes on this way until the two locomotives collide and the mutant fly is finally squashed. So, before its untimely demise, a) what is the total distance the fly flew? b) the time it took till  it was eliminated and c) the average velocity of the fly? how can i find this please

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Two locomotives 70 kilometers apart are travelling on the same track towards each other
, Engine A moves at 22 kilometers per hour east and engine B moves at 13 kilometers
per hour west. At the instant both trains begin moving, an annoying mutant fly begins
flying from engine A towards engine B at 33 kilometers per hour . The instant it touches
B, it turns around and flies back. It goes on this way until the two locomotives collide
and the mutant fly is finally squashed. So, before its untimely demise, a) what is the total distance the fly flew? b) the time it took till  it was eliminated and c) the average velocity of the fly? how can i find this please 

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given,VA=22km/hdistance travel by A and B =70kmfrom newtons law of motion,S=ut+12at2for ASA=uAt+12aAt2for BSB=uBt+12aBt2uA=22kmph and uB=13kmphaA=aB =0then the total distance SA+SB=70kmuAt+uBt=70km22t+13t=70kmtime taken to collide A and B is,t=7022+13=2hourdistance travel by locomotive A in 2 hrs is,distance =velocity×time=22×2=44km

 

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