SOLUTION: A helicopter traveling 130 mph overtakes a speeding car traveling 80 mph. The car had a 0.5 -hour head start. How far from the starting point does the helicopter overtake the car
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: A helicopter traveling 130 mph overtakes a speeding car traveling 80 mph. The car had a 0.5 -hour head start. How far from the starting point does the helicopter overtake the car?
my try:
130t = 80(t + 0.5)
130t = 80t + 4
50t = 4
t = 4/50???
not correct!
This question is from textbook Intermediate Algebra
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
80 * .5 = 40, not 4
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