Two pedestrians came out of two settlements towards each other at the same time. The speed of one of them is 54 m / min

Two pedestrians came out of two settlements towards each other at the same time. The speed of one of them is 54 m / min, and the other is 60 m / min. They met in 3 minutes. Find the distance between the settlements.

Let us determine the distance that the first pedestrian traveled, for this we multiply his speed by the time spent:

54 * 3 = 162 m.

Similarly, we determine the distance traveled by the second pedestrian:

60 * 3 = 180 m.

Let’s calculate the distance between settlements, for this we add up the paths traveled by the first and second pedestrian:

162 + 180 = 342 m.

Answer: the distance between settlements is 342 meters.