SOLUTION: Tyler takes a bus from the police station and heads south at a rate of 35mph. Anthony gets in his car 2 and a quarter hours later and drives in the same direction at a rate of 41 m
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Question 242532: Tyler takes a bus from the police station and heads south at a rate of 35mph. Anthony gets in his car 2 and a quarter hours later and drives in the same direction at a rate of 41 mph. How long will it take anthony to catch up to tylers bus?
is 13 hours and 8 minutes right. Why or why not? Answer by nyc_function(2741) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Since they are going in the same direction, distances are equal.
This means rate(time) = rate(time)
Here is your equation and you solve for x.
35x = 41(x + 1/4)
