SOLUTION: If a bus leaves 15 minutes ahead of me, and is traveling 65mph, and I follow in my car at 85mph, how long will it take to catch the bus?
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Question 992368: If a bus leaves 15 minutes ahead of me, and is traveling 65mph, and I follow in my car at 85mph, how long will it take to catch the bus?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Calculate how far the bus would have traveled in 15 minutes at 65 miles per hour, and then calculate how long it will take you to cover that distance at the difference in your speeds.
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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