SOLUTION: A car passes a landmark on a highway traveling at a constant rate of kilometers per hour. An hour later, a second car passes the same landmark traveling in the same direction at ki

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Question 665705: A car passes a landmark on a highway traveling at a constant rate of kilometers per hour. An hour later, a second car passes the same landmark traveling in the same direction at kilometers per hour. How much time after the second car passes the landmark will it overtake the first car?


Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
First car (car1) speed
Second car (car 2) speed
second car passes the lad mark 1 hour later:
in one hour car 2 has passes

They are traveling in same direction
to catch up speed:
to catch up distance:
to catch up time

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