SOLUTION: If a car is driving 64 mph, how fast must another car drive from a dead stop to catch the other car in 1.6 miles.

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Question 460263: If a car is driving 64 mph, how fast must another car drive from a dead stop to catch the other car in 1.6 miles.
Answer by rwm(914) About Me  (Show Source):
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64*x=1.6
x=.025 hrs
.025hr=1.5 minutes
So in 1.5 minutes the car goes 1.6 miles at 64 mph.

It depends on where the cars are to begin with.
It depends on how much time is involved.