document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=695463>Question 695463</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A bus leave Sacramento traveling South at 40 mph. A half hour hour<BR>\n" );
document.write( "later, a car leaves from the same location on the same route at 60 mph.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "How far from Sacramento will the car overtake the bus? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "later, a car leaves from the same location on the same route at 60 mph.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "How far from Sacramento will the car overtake the bus?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let x=travel time of car<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x+.5)=travel time of bus<BR>\n" );
document.write( "distance=speed*travel time(the same for car and bus)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "..<BR>\n" );
document.write( "60x=40(x+.5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "60x=40x+20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "20x=20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "distance car overtakes bus=60x=60 miles<BR>\n" );
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