SOLUTION: a horse thief riding at 8mph has a 32 mile head start. the Posse in pursuit is riding at 10 mph. In how many hours will the thief be over taken?

Question 287057: a horse thief riding at 8mph has a 32 mile head start. the Posse in pursuit is riding at 10 mph. In how many hours will the thief be over taken?
Found 2 solutions by stanbon, richwmiller:
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a horse thief riding at 8mph has a 32 mile head start. the Posse in pursuit is riding at 10 mph. In how many hours will the thief be over taken?
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Each hour the posse gains 2 miles on the horse thief.
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Time to catch the thief = 32/2 = 16 hrs.
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Cheers,
Stan H.

Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If the thief can't lose the posse, the posse will gain on the thief 2 miles an hour. So it will take 16 hours to make up the 32 mile head start
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