document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=402415>Question 402415</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A car started out from Memphis toward Little Rock at the rate of 60km/h. A second car left from the same point 2 hours later and drove along the same route at 75km/h. How long did it take the second car to catch the first car. Use the formula d= RxT, and also make a chart. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "D=60T FOR THE FIRST CAR.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "D=75(T-2) FOR THE SECOND CAR.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "60T=75(T-150)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "60T=75T-150<BR>\n" );
document.write( "60T-75T=-150<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-15T=-150<BR>\n" );
document.write( "T=-150/-15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "T=10 HOURS AFTER THE FIRST CAR LEAVES THEY WILL MEET.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "PROOF:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "60*10=75(10-2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "600=75*8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "600=600<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10-2=8 HOURS FOR THE SECOND CAR TO CATCH THE FIRST CAR. </SPAN>\n" );
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