SOLUTION: If a car is traveling at 55mph passing another car at 54mph how many miles will it take to pass car completely?

Question 885474: If a car is traveling at 55mph passing another car at 54mph how many miles will it take to pass car completely?
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If a car is traveling at 55mph passing another car at 54mph, how many miles will it take to pass car completely?
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You need to know the lengths of the cars to determine how long it takes for one car to pass another.
if we use 60 ft as the distance to be passed:
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The relative speed of the two cars is 1 mph
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Find the speed in ft/sec at 1 mph
= 1.46 ft/sec
To cover 60' at this speed: 60/1.46 = 41.1 sec to completely pass the car
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now the problem is how far will you travel in 41.1 secs at 55 mph
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* 55 = .628 miles

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