SOLUTION: I need help on an algebra problem...... A car leaves Los Angeles traveling north at 56 kilometers an hour. Another car leaves Los Angeles one hour later traveling north on the same

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Question 940964: I need help on an algebra problem...... A car leaves Los Angeles traveling north at 56 kilometers an hour. Another car leaves Los Angeles one hour later traveling north on the same road at 84 kilometers an hour. How far from Los Angeles will the second car overtake the first?....Thank you.
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Uniform Rates, Travel: same direction but different travel times meet when?
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