document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=548654>Question 548654</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A car started from Phoenix toward Los Angeles at the rate of 50 mi/h.  A second car left from the same place 1 h later and drove along the same route at 65 mi/h.  How long did it take the second car to overtake the first?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A car started from Phoenix toward Los Angeles at the rate of 50 mi/h.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A second car left from the same place 1 h later and drove along the same route at 65 mi/h.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "distance travelled by both cars at overtaking point is same.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Therefore, 50(t+1) = 65t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "          =>50t+50 = 65t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "          =>15t = 50 =>t = 50/15 =3.33hrs </SPAN>\n" );
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