document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=703085>Question 703085</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Could you please help me here \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A car leaves Seattle at 2 a.m. travelling south on I-5 at a constant rate of speed of 70<BR>\n" );
document.write( "miles per hour. At 1 a.m. a car left Tacoma, forty miles south of Seattle, travelling south<BR>\n" );
document.write( "on I-5 at a constant rate of speed of 50 miles per hour. When & where will the faster car<BR>\n" );
document.write( "overtake the slower car </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #433596 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39617)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=433596\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Analyze the positions and time for the two drivers.  POSITION is more helpful than simply distance.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Use Seattle as a zero position and Tacoma as a +40 position.  At start time (which is actually 1 A.M. here), Seattle car and Tacoma car are 40 miles apart, but Seattle car is at 0 and Tacoma car is at +40.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Formulas for Position:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Tacoma Car: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=40+%2B+50%2At ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"40+%2B+50%2At\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Seattle Car: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=0+%2B+70%2At ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"0+%2B+70%2At\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Where t is amount of time, NOT the time of day.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now, the question of when will the fast (Seattle) car overtake the slow (Tacoma) car becomes, \"At what quantity of t will their positions be equal?\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=40%2B50t=0%2B70t ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"40%2B50t=0%2B70t\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=40=20t ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"40=20t\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=t=2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"t=2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This means 2 hours after 1 A.M.  Why after 1 AM?  Because that was when any driving for this situation first begins. </SPAN>\n" );
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