SOLUTION: A truck enters a highway driving 60 mph. A car enters the highway at the same place 8 minutes later and drives 65 mph in the same direction. From the time the car enters the​
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Question 1037094: A truck enters a highway driving 60 mph. A car enters the highway at the same place 8 minutes later and drives 65 mph in the same direction. From the time the car enters the highway, how long will it take the car to pass the truck?
a). The car will pass the truck in _ minutes? Answer by jorel555(1290) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The truck enters the highway at 60 mph. After 8 minutes, it will have traveled 8 miles. Let t be the time. Then:
60t+8=65t
5t=8
t=8/5 hours, or 96 minutes before the car catches up !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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