SOLUTION: two cars leave agarage.the first car gets a one hour head start and goes thirty miles per hour.the second car goes fourty miles per hour.how far away from the garage will the s

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Question 702971:
two cars leave agarage.the first car gets a one hour head start and goes thirty miles per hour.the second car goes fourty miles per hour.how far away from the garage will the second car catch the first

Answer by checkley79(3341) About Me  (Show Source):
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D=RT
D=30T
D=40(T-1) SET THE 2 EQUATION EQUAL
30T=40(T-1)
30T=40T-40
30T-40T=-40
-10T=-40
T=-40/-10
T=4 HOURS.
PROOF:
30*4=40(4-1)
120=40*3
120=120