document.write( "Question 1059638: The first car is going 40mi/h,and the second car is going 55mi/h.the first car left 3 hours before the second car.what equation could you use to find how many hours it will take for the second car to catch up to the first car? \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "The first car is going 40mi/h,and the second car is going 55mi/h.the first car left 3 hours before the second car.what equation could you use to find how many hours it will take for the second car to catch up to the first car?
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With T being time for the faster to catch up to the slower car, we get the following DISTANCE equation: 40(T + 3)  = 55T
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document.write( "Solve this to get: \"highlight_green%28matrix%281%2C4%2C+T%2C+%22=%22%2C+8%2C+hours%29%29\"
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