SOLUTION: A person on a bike is going 18 mph.
One hour after the person on a bike leaves, a person in a car is going 45 mph.
How long will it take for the person in a car to catch up w
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Question 178081: A person on a bike is going 18 mph.
One hour after the person on a bike leaves, a person in a car is going 45 mph.
How long will it take for the person in a car to catch up with the bicycle?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
For the bike,
For the car,
When they meet, , so I'll just call it
given:
mi/hr
mi/hr
So far I have
For the bike,
For the car,
Since they're both equal to , I can say
Suppose I have a stopwatch and I start it when the car leaves
and I know that the bike left 1 hour ago
I can say
hr , or in minutes
min
That's 1 hr and 40 min
Since the bike had a 1 hr headstart, the car took 40 min
to catch the bike
check answer:
For the bike,
For the car,
The distance should be the same for both and it is
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