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Find the position in metres from the origin at which A overtakes B?

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Two buses A and B are at positions 50 m and 100 m from the origin at time t = 0.
They start moving in the same direction simultaneously with uniform velocity of 10 m/s and 5 m/s.
Find the position in metres from the origin at which A overtakes B?

posted Nov 7, 2019 by Brijesh Talwar

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