SOLUTION: (A state patrol officer is chasing a car she believes is speeding. The officer is traveling 70 miles per hour to try to catch up with the car. But she can't say later that the ot

Question 371771: (A state patrol officer is chasing a car she believes is speeding. The officer is traveling 70 miles per hour to try to catch up with the car. But she can't say later that the other car was going 70 miles per hour because the driver could ask, "If we were going the same speed, how did you catch up? Obviously I was going slower than you. I wasn't speeding." The officer sees the driver pass a mile marker, one-fourth of a mile. From the marker, it takes the officer five minutes (1/12 of an hour) to catch up. How fast was the driver going
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The officer sees the driver pass a mile marker, one-fourth of a mile. From the marker, it takes the officer five minutes (1/12 of an hour) to catch up.
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