SOLUTION: two cars leave town at the same time in the same direction. One car travels at 62 mph and the other at 85 mph. How ong will it take for the cars to be 100 miles apart? Round the an
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Question 481958: two cars leave town at the same time in the same direction. One car travels at 62 mph and the other at 85 mph. How ong will it take for the cars to be 100 miles apart? Round the answer to two decimal places.
It depends on whether the guy going 85 gets pulled over for speeding or not; and if he does, how long does the cop take writing the citation?
Presuming the speeder gets away with it, the fast car is going 23 mph faster than the slow car. The problem reduces to how long would it take someone going 23 miles per hour to travel 100 miles, specifically 100 divided by 23.
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
