SOLUTION: Two cars are headed in the same direction; the one traveling at 55 km/h is 35 meters ahead of the one traveling at 70 km/h. a) Draw a position time graph showing the motion of th

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Question 788137: Two cars are headed in the same direction; the one traveling at 55 km/h is 35 meters ahead of the one traveling at 70 km/h.
a) Draw a position time graph showing the motion of the two cars.
b) Use your graph to find the time when the faster car overtakes the slower car.

Answer by josgarithmetic(39623)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Their rates will tell you how fast the distance between them decreases. This value is km/h.

Drawing a position graph for this is not so easy on this system algebra site, but going straight to part #b:



hours
seconds
Eight and four-tenths seconds

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