SOLUTION: One car passes another car on a freeway.
The faster car is traveling 12 miles per hour faster
than the slower car. Determine how long it will be
before the faster car is 2 miles
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The faster car is traveling 12 miles per hour faster
than the slower car. Determine how long it will be
before the faster car is 2 miles
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Question 430809: One car passes another car on a freeway.
The faster car is traveling 12 miles per hour faster
than the slower car. Determine how long it will be
before the faster car is 2 miles ahead of the slower car. Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! One car passes another car on a freeway.
The faster car is traveling 12 miles per hour faster than the slower car.
Determine how long it will be before the faster car is 2 miles ahead of the slower car?
:
We can use the relative speed between the cars, and the formula: time = dist/speed
t = hrs
:
t = * 60 = 10 minutes
