SOLUTION: Steve leaves the beach at 3 p.m. and drives along the highway at 55 mph. One hour later, his friend leaves the same beach, and drives along the same highway at 65 mph. How many hou

SOLUTION: Steve leaves the beach at 3 p.m. and drives along the highway at 55 mph. One hour later, his friend leaves the same beach, and drives along the same highway at 65 mph. How many hou

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Question 886065: Steve leaves the beach at 3 p.m. and drives along the highway at 55 mph. One hour later, his friend leaves the same beach, and drives along the same highway at 65 mph. How many hours will it take his friend to catch up to Steve?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39626) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This lesson will help you to understand and how to analyze and solve this kind of travel problem.

Uniform Rates, Travel: same direction but different travel times meet when? .
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