SOLUTION: Tracy leaves for work at 8:a.m traveling at 36 mph. Sarah finds that Tracy has forgotten her briefcase, so she leaves 8:05 chasing after her at 50 mph. At what time will Sarah catc

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: Tracy leaves for work at 8:a.m traveling at 36 mph. Sarah finds that Tracy has forgotten her briefcase, so she leaves 8:05 chasing after her at 50 mph. At what time will Sarah catch tracy? This question is from textbook algebra structure and method

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Tracy leaves for work at 8:a.m traveling at 36 mph. Sarah finds that Tracy has forgotten her briefcase, so she leaves 8:05 chasing after her at 50 mph. At what time will Sarah catch tracy?
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Change 5 min to hrs: 5/60 = hrs
Let t = travel time (in hrs), for T to catch up with S
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When T catches up with S, there will have traveled the same distance
Write a distance equation from this fact: Dist = speed * time
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T's dist = S's distance
50t = 36(t+)
50t = 36t +
50t - 36t = 3
14t = 3
t =
change to minutes and fractional minutes to seconds
60 * = 12.857 min = 12 min 51 sec
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8:05 + 12 min 51 sec = 08:17:51 AM, when T catches up with S
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Check solution on calc by finding the distances
36() =
36 * .297 = 10.7 mi
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50 * = 10.7 mi
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