SOLUTION: NEED SOME HELP PLEASE!!! This has been driving me crazy. Two truckers leave the same point driving in opposite directions, the first is driving at 50mph, the second at 62mph. Th

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This has been driving me crazy. Two truckers leave the same point driving in opposite directions, the first is driving at 50mph, the second at 62mph. The first has a one hour head start. How long after the first trucker leaves will the be able to contact each other if their phones have a 260-mile range?
Found 2 solutions by rothauserc, MathTherapy:
Answer by rothauserc(4718)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
we use rate*time=distance and sum the two trucks' distances
(50 * (t+1)) + (62 * t) = 260
50t +50 + 62t = 260
112t = 210
t = 2.321428571 hours
Answer by MathTherapy(10552)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
NEED SOME HELP PLEASE!!!
This has been driving me crazy. Two truckers leave the same point driving in opposite directions, the first is driving at 50mph, the second at 62mph. The first has a one hour head start. How long after the first trucker leaves will the be able to contact each other if their phones have a 260-mile range?
Time both can communiate, after slower trucker leaves: 

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