SOLUTION: A truck enters a highway driving 60 mph a car enters the highway at the same place 14 minuets later and drives 73 mph in the same direction. From the time the car enters the highwa

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Question 341357: A truck enters a highway driving 60 mph a car enters the highway at the same place 14 minuets later and drives 73 mph in the same direction. From the time the car enters the highway, how long will it take the car to pass the truck?
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Rate*Time=Distance
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During the 14 minutes, the truck traveled D=60%2814%2F60%2914 miles.
The distance the truck traveled is,
Dt=14%2B60t
The distance the car traveled is,
Dc=73t
Find t when Dt=Dc,
14%2B60t=73t
13t=14
t=14%2F13 hrs