SOLUTION: A police car is chasing the getaway car of bank robbers 7.5 km ahead. If the speed of the police car is 5kph more than that of the getaway car, how long will it take the police car
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Question 385364: A police car is chasing the getaway car of bank robbers 7.5 km ahead. If the speed of the police car is 5kph more than that of the getaway car, how long will it take the police car to overtake the getaway car?
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
t=d/r
t= 7.5/5
t=1.5 hours
they will catch up in 1.5 hours
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