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If a car is traveling at 55mph passing another car at 54mph, how many miles will it take to pass car completely?
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\n" ); document.write( "You need to know the lengths of the cars to determine how long it takes for one car to pass another.
\n" ); document.write( "if we use 60 ft as the distance to be passed:
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\n" ); document.write( "The relative speed of the two cars is 1 mph
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\n" ); document.write( "Find the speed in ft/sec at 1 mph
\n" ); document.write( " $\"5280%2F3600\"$ = 1.46 ft/sec
\n" ); document.write( "To cover 60' at this speed: 60/1.46 = 41.1 sec to completely pass the car
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\n" ); document.write( "now the problem is how far will you travel in 41.1 secs at 55 mph
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"%2841.1%2F3600%29\"$ * 55 = .628 miles
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