document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=240662>Question 240662</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> One car traveling 40 Km/hr left a certain place 4 hours later than another car traveling in the same direction at the rate of 30 km/hr.  In how many hours will the faster car overtake the other? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "D=30T<BR>\n" );
document.write( "D=40(T-4)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "SEEING AS THE 2 DISTANCES ARE THE SAME THEN:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "30T=40(T-4)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "30T=40T-160<BR>\n" );
document.write( "30T-40T=160<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-10T=-160<BR>\n" );
document.write( "T=-160/-10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "T=16 HOURS THEY WILL MEET.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "PROOF:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "30*16=40(16-4)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "480=40*12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "480=480 </SPAN>\n" );
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