SOLUTION: Thirty minutes after a father left for work on the bus, he noticed that he had left his briefcase at home. His son left hom driving at 40mph, to catch the bus that was traveling at
Question 761845: Thirty minutes after a father left for work on the bus, he noticed that he had left his briefcase at home. His son left hom driving at 40mph, to catch the bus that was traveling at 24mph. How long did it take the son to catch the bus? Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The father had a head start of 30 min
In terms of distance his head start was mi
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Start a stopwatch when the Son leaves
Let = time on stopwatch when
Son catches Father
Let = distance that Son travels
until he catches Father
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Father's equation:
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Son's equation:
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By substitution: hrs min
It took the Son 45 min to catch the bus
check:
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