Math question

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Originally Posted by DenverChief

well thanks you math whizzes

there had been a debate...another person was arguing that it would ony take 10 mins since vehicle B is traveling at 60 MPH or a mile a minute and vehicle A is traveling at a slower speed

I think the 1 hr answer is correct;

the other argument of 10 minutes, is a bit off. They are failing to realize the ground being made up by car B is only .17 mile per minute.

60/60 = 1 mile per minute
50/60 = .83 mile per minute.

1 - .83 = .17.
.17 x 60 minutes = 10.2 miles.


maybe I'm wrong though.