document.write( "Question 936943: the thrust SSC is the world's fastest land vehicle at 763 mph. Suppose the driver of a car whose top speed is 200 mph requests a race. The car gets a head start of one half hour. At what distance will the SSC pass the car?
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First find the time at which they meet.
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"D%5B1%5D=200%2At%2B200%281%2F2%29=200t%2B100\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Distance for SSC:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"D%5B2%5D=763t\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Equate the distances,
\n" ); document.write( " $\"763t=200t%2B100\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"563t=100\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"t=100%2F563\"$
\n" ); document.write( "In that time,
\n" ); document.write( " $\"D=763%28100%2F563%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"D=135.5\"$ $\"miles\"$ \n" ); document.write( "

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