SOLUTION: 1 car going 60 miles per hour. 2nd car following at equal distance for the journey. Is the 2nd car traveling at the same speed or going slower?

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Question 1006395: 1 car going 60 miles per hour. 2nd car following at equal distance for the journey. Is the 2nd car traveling at the same speed or going slower?

Found 3 solutions by josgarithmetic, Theo, Alan3354:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630)   (Show Source):
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Same speed. Because "following at equal distance".

Answer by Theo(13342)   (Show Source):
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if he is the same distance from the first car for the whole journey, then he is traveling at the same speed as the first car.

think about it.

let's say the second car is 1 mile behind the first car.

the first car is traveling at 50 miles per hour.

in one hour, the first car will have traveled 50 more miles for a total of 51.

in the same hour, the second car is still 1 mile behind the first car.

the second car must have traveled 50 more miles as well.

they are both traveling at 50 miles per hour.

Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source):
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1 car going 60 miles per hour. 2nd car following at equal distance for the journey. Is the 2nd car traveling at the same speed or going slower?
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What is "equal distance?"
Equal to what?
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If the 2nd car travelled the same distance in the same amount of time, the speeds are equal.