SOLUTION: a car and truck are traveling north on a highway . the truck has a speed of 42 miles per hour and the car has a speed of 37 miles per hour . if the truck is ahead of the the car w
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Question 628029: a car and truck are traveling north on a highway . the truck has a speed of 42 miles per hour and the car has a speed of 37 miles per hour . if the truck is ahead of the the car what is the relative velocity?
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a car and truck are traveling north on a highway . the truck has a speed of 42 miles per hour and the car has a speed of 37 miles per hour . if the truck is ahead of the the car what is the relative velocity?
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If they're going the same direction, the relative speed is the difference. Who's ahead is irrelavant.
42 - 37 = 5 mi/hr
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