Two boys begin together to write out a booklet containing 817 lines. The first boy start with first line, writing at rate of 200 lines an hour and the second boys start with a last line. He writes line 817 and so on backwards proceeding at the rate …

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Let the two meet at the Nth line From the question Nth/200 = (817 - Nth)/150 ⇒ 3Nth = 4(817-Nth) ⇒ Nth = (4 x 817) / 7 ∴ Nth = 466.85 So,…

Two boys begin together to write out a booklet containing 817 lines. The first boy start with first line, writing at rate of 200 lines an hour and the second boys start with a last line. He writes line 817 and so on backwards proceeding at the rate of 150 lines an hour. An what line will they meet?

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