document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=963222>Question 963222</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\">  Car 1 is driving at 7 miles per hour. Car 2 is driving at 60 miles per hour. The distance between these two cars is 200 yards. How long would it take for car 1 to catch up to car 2?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What is the formula for these kinds of problems? I tried everything but all the answers seem to be way out of preportion. Thanks a lot! :) </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #588452 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39623)</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=588452\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Assuming that these two cars start from the same departure point and go in the same direction, try to draw a picture and also form a data table.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "___________________speed_____________time____________distance<BR>\n" );
document.write( "CAR1________________7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "CAR2_______________60\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Stop and think:  Car 1  is ahead of car 2 at the initial time.  Car 2 is closing the distance between the two cars at rate of 60-7=53 miles per hour.  In other words, the two cars are approaching each other at 53 miles per hour.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Use speed in MILES per HOUR; time in HOURS, and convert the distance to be covered as MILES.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=20%2A3%2F528 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"20%2A3%2F528\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > miles\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5%2F44 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5%2F44\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > miles\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Rule for uniform travel rates is RT=D for rate time distance.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=T=5%2F%2844%2A53%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"T=5%2F%2844%2A53%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=T=0.00214408 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"T=0.00214408\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > HOURS<BR>\n" );
document.write( "but you really want this as minutes or seconds.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You can go through this and generalize for any value you want as variables.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Notice I did not continue with the data table. </SPAN>\n" );
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