document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=155187>Question 155187</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1591418844/algebrahomeworkh>Saxon Math Course 3</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> On a stretch of road 75 miles long, two trucks approach each other. Truck A is driving 55 mph and Truck B is going 80 mph. What is the distance between the two trucks one minute before their head-on collision?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The closing speed is 55+80 = 135 mph<BR>\n" );
document.write( "In one minute the trucks will cover 135/60 = 2.25 miles<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "That is how far they are away from one-another one-minute before<BR>\n" );
document.write( "they would have a head-on collision.<BR>\n" );
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