SOLUTION: Bus A is traveling 20 mph. Bus B is traveling same way at 30 mph but leaves 4 hrs later. How many hrs will it take to catch up?
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Question 819580: Bus A is traveling 20 mph. Bus B is traveling same way at 30 mph but leaves 4 hrs later. How many hrs will it take to catch up?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
in those four hours bus a has gone 80 miles
Bus b is gaining by 10 miles an hour
it will take 8 hours to catch bus a.
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