A motorcycle traveling at 70 miles per hour overtakes a car traveling at 40 miles per hour that had a three-hour head start. How far from the starting point are the two vehicles.
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The car is 120 miles away when the motorcycle starts.
The bike gains on the car at 30 mph (70-40).
It takes 4 hours for the bike to close the gap (120/30).
In 4 hours, the bike and the car are 280 miles from the starting point.
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4*70 = 280
7*40 = 280
Since Distance = Speed x Time, and in this case, the distances are equal, we, therefore, have: 70T = 40(T + 3)
70T = 40T + 120
30T = 120
T=4, which makes the distance that both vehicles traveled, highlight_green280miles, calculated as (70 * 4), or (40 * 7).
It also means that the motorcycle took 4 hours to travel 280 miles, and the car took 3 hours more, or 7 hours to travel the same distance.
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