SOLUTION: A car leaves town A at 1:00 pm traveling at 45 miles per hour. A second car leaves town A at 2:00 pm traveling the same route at 55 miles per hour. How long will it take the second
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Question 166068: A car leaves town A at 1:00 pm traveling at 45 miles per hour. A second car leaves town A at 2:00 pm traveling the same route at 55 miles per hour. How long will it take the second car to overtake the first car?
My answer I came up with is 45(x1) = 55
+ (55-45) = 1.45
+ = 4.5 Answer by oscargut(2103) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! let t the time that the second car overtake the first car
then 55t=(t+1)45
55t=45t+45
10t=45
t=4.5 hs
