document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=18913>Question 18913</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A car started out from Memphis toward Little Rock at the rate of 60 km/h. A second car left from the same point 2h later and drove along the same route at 75km/h. How long did it take the second car to overtake the first car? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let the time be x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "60(x+2)=75x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "60x+120=75x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "60x+120-60x=75x-60x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "120=15x (divide both sides by 15)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=8 </SPAN>\n" );
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