document.write( "Question 95345This question is from textbook prentice hall mathematics algebra 1
\n" ); document.write( ": At 1:30 pm, Tom leaves in his boat from a dock and heads south. He travels at a rate 0f 25 miles per hour. Ten minutes later, Mary leaves the same dock in her speedboat and heads after Tom. If she travels at a rate of 30 miles per hour, when will she catch up?\r
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At 1:30 pm, Tom leaves in his boat from a dock and heads south. He travels at a rate 0f 25 miles per hour. Ten minutes later, Mary leaves the same dock in her speedboat and heads after Tom. If she travels at a rate of 30 miles per hour, when will she catch up?
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\n" ); document.write( "Let t = T's travel time to when M catches up
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\n" ); document.write( "Since M left 10 min later we can say: (change 10 min to hrs 10/60 = 1/6)
\n" ); document.write( "(t-(1/6) = M's travel time
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\n" ); document.write( "One thing we do know is that when M catches up with T they will have traveled
\n" ); document.write( " the same distance. (This applies to all these \"catch-up\" problems)
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\n" ); document.write( "That means we can make a distance equation:
\n" ); document.write( "Dist = speed * time
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\n" ); document.write( "M's dist = T's dist
\n" ); document.write( "30(t-(1/6)) = 25t
\n" ); document.write( "30t - (30/6) = 25t
\n" ); document.write( "30t - 5 = 25t
\n" ); document.write( "30t - 25t = +5
\n" ); document.write( "5t = 5
\n" ); document.write( "t = 1 hr + 1:30 = 2:30 Pm when M catches up with T
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\n" ); document.write( "we can check this to see if they do, indeed, travel the same distance
\n" ); document.write( " in the time we found. M's time = (5/6) hr and T's time = 1 hr
\n" ); document.write( "30*(5/6) = 25 mi
\n" ); document.write( "25 * 1 = 25 mi
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