SOLUTION: How fast would you have to drive to catch a car driving at twenty miles and hours with a distance of 0.4 miles between them.
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Question 205680: How fast would you have to drive to catch a car driving at twenty miles and hours with a distance of 0.4 miles between them.
Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, stanbon:
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
How fast would you have to drive to catch a car driving at twenty miles and hours with a distance of 0.4 miles between them.
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At any speed greater than 20 mph you would catch the other car.
How much more than 20 mph determines how long it takes and how for the convergence point is from the starting point.
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
How fast would you have to drive to catch a car driving at twenty miles and hours with a distance of 0.4 miles between them.
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If you drive at any speed greater than 20 mph you will eventually overtake
the car that is 0.4 miles in front of you.
Cheers,
Stan H.
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