document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=605112>Question 605112</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A car passes a landmark on a highway traveling at a constant rate of 45 kilometers per hour. An hour later, a second car passes the same landmark traveling in the same direction at 60 kilometers per hour. How much time after the second car passes the landmark will it overtake the first car? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #381559 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><B>mananth(16946)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=mananth><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=381559\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the distance traveled by both is same when one catches up with the other.										<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let them meet at distance x										<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Car I	speed=	45	mph				<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Car II	speed=	60	mph				<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Time difference  between the the two when they cross landmark =	1.00	hour						<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Time taken by  	Car I	=	X  /	45						<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Time taken by  	Car II	=	X  /	60						<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "X  /	45	-	X  /	60	=	1				<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "LCD -	180									<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Multiply equation by	180									<BR>\n" );
document.write( "180/45x-180/60x=1*180<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4	x  	-	3	x	=	180				<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1	x  	=	180							<BR>\n" );
document.write( "/	1									<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=   	180	miles								<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Car II	speed=	60	mph							<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Distance =  	180	miles								<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Time taken =	180	/	60							<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Time taken =	3	hour								<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "They will be together after 3 hours						<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "m.ananth@hotmail.ca										<BR>\n" );
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