SOLUTION: A truck leaves Gaston at noon traveling 55 mph. An hour later, a car leaves Gaston following the same route as the truck but traveling 65mph. In how may hours will the car catch up

Question 647403: A truck leaves Gaston at noon traveling 55 mph. An hour later, a car leaves Gaston following the same route as the truck but traveling 65mph. In how may hours will the car catch up to the truck?
Answer by aaronwiz(69) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hi, my name is Aaron I am in 10th grade and im in honors trig/pre-calc.
you need to make an equation.
x=hours
55x+55=65x
55=10x
x=5.5
Hope I helped. I would really appreciate your recommendation, their are plenty of other things I could be doing rather then spending time on this site helping people. Good luck! :)
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