Question 1059638

The first car is going 40mi/h,and the second car is going 55mi/h.the first car left 3 hours before the second car.what equation could you use to find how many hours it will take for the second car to catch up to the first car?
<pre>With T being time for the faster to catch up to the slower car, we get the following <b><u>DISTANCE</b></u> equation: 40(T + 3)  = 55T
Solve this to get: {{{highlight_green(matrix(1,4, T, "=", 8, hours))}}}
That's all.....NOTHING COMPLEX!!