Question 628029
a car and truck are traveling north on a highway . the truck has a speed of 42 miles per hour and the car has a speed of 37 miles per hour . if the truck  is ahead of the the car what is the relative velocity?
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If they're going the same direction, the relative speed is the difference.  Who's ahead is irrelavant.
42 - 37 = 5 mi/hr