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What are we asked to find out? Which unknown(s) does that involve.
What does the question tell us about distance, velocity and time?
Can we write an equation from the information given?
Are all the solutions of the equation valid? Why/why not?
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Age 14 to 18
Challenge Level 
Why do this problem?
An exercise in relative velocity and use of the distance time formula. Learners have to read and make sense of the question and interpret the information in an equation.Key questions
What are the unknowns? What notation shall we use?What are we asked to find out? Which unknown(s) does that involve.
What does the question tell us about distance, velocity and time?
Can we write an equation from the information given?
Are all the solutions of the equation valid? Why/why not?
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