Two asteroids are 1000 km apart and are heading straight for each other. One asteroid is travelling at 59 km per second and the

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other at 41 km per second. How long does it take for them to collide?

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Nataliya [291] · Answer 1 · 2022-05-16T10:23:18+03:00

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Answer:

10 seconds.

Step-by-step explanation:

The velocity at which they are approaching each other = 59 + 41 = 1000 km per second.

Velocity = distance / time

So time = distance / velocity

= 1000 / 100

= 10 seconds.