SOLUTION: 1)a truck leaves mississppi heading east at 50mph. 1 hour later another truck leaves heading east at 65mph hour long will it take the second truck to overtake the first?
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Question 704679: 1)a truck leaves mississppi heading east at 50mph. 1 hour later another truck leaves heading east at 65mph hour long will it take the second truck to overtake the first?
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Think of position. After one hour just as the fast truck starts, the slow truck is at a position 50 miles. Let's see where they aree at time t hours after the fast truck begins his trip:
Slow Truck: 50 miles + (50 miles/hour)*t
Fast Truck: (65 miles per hour)*t
What is t when their positions are the same? hours.
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