SOLUTION: if a car leaves at a speed of 25 mph and travels ten minutes then another car leaves from the same place at 35 mph when will the second car overtake the first car?
Algebra ->
Customizable Word Problem Solvers
-> Travel
-> SOLUTION: if a car leaves at a speed of 25 mph and travels ten minutes then another car leaves from the same place at 35 mph when will the second car overtake the first car?
Log On
Question 657354: if a car leaves at a speed of 25 mph and travels ten minutes then another car leaves from the same place at 35 mph when will the second car overtake the first car? Answer by kevwill(135) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! After 10 minutes of traveling at 25 mph, the first car is = miles from the starting point.
The second car is traveling 10 mph faster than the first car, so we need to find out how long it will take the second car to make up the distance at 10 mph.
From we can derive
Pluging in distance = miles and speed = 10 mph gives us
= hours = 25 minutes.
The second car will catch up to the first car 25 minutes after the second car leaves the starting point, or 35 minutes after the first car leaves the starting point.
