document.write( "Question 516061: (a) A highway patrolman traveling at the speed limit is passed
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Car speed 70 mph
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\n" ); document.write( "catch up speed = 100 -70 mph
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\n" ); document.write( "Catchup time = catchup distance/catch up speed
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "catchup speed = v-70
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\n" ); document.write( "time taken = 1.17/(v-70) *60 minutes
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