<PRE><B>Question 847872</B>
A car is traveling on the freeway at 65 mph. A second car is two miles ahead, traveling in the same direction, at 60 mph. How far will the cars travel before the car traveling 65 mph will catch up to the car traveling 60 mph?
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let x=distance 1st car traveled
x-2=distance 2nd car traveled
travel time=distance/speed
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{{{x/65=(x-2)/60}}}
60x=65x-130
5x=130
x=26
x-2=24
distance 1st car traveled=26 miles
distance 2nd car traveled=24 miles</PRE>