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Mary passed a certain gas station on a highway while traveli
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24 Jun 2020, 09:30
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Mary passed a certain gas station on a highway while traveling west at a constant speed of 50 miles per hour. Then, 15 minutes later, Paul passed the same gas station while traveling west at a constant speed of 60 miles per hour. If both drivers maintained their speeds and both remained on the highway for at least 2 hours, how long after he passed the gas station did Paul catch up with Mary?
A. 30 min
B. 45 min
C. 1 hr
D. 1 hr 15 min
E. 1 hr 30 min
A. 30 min
B. 45 min
C. 1 hr
D. 1 hr 15 min
E. 1 hr 30 min
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24 Jun 2020, 09:37
24 Jun 2020, 09:37
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Carcass wrote:
Mary passed a certain gas station on a highway while traveling west at a constant speed of 50 miles per hour. Then, 15 minutes later, Paul passed the same gas station while traveling west at a constant speed of 60 miles per hour. If both drivers maintained their speeds and both remained on the highway for at least 2 hours, how long after he passed the gas station did Paul catch up with Mary?
A. 30 min
B. 45 min
C. 1 hr
D. 1 hr 15 min
E. 1 hr 30 min
A. 30 min
B. 45 min
C. 1 hr
D. 1 hr 15 min
E. 1 hr 30 min
Mary passes gas station and travels at 50 mph for 15 minutes
So, Mary drove for 1/4 hours
Distance traveled = (time)(speed)
= (1/4)(50)
= 50/4
= 12.5 miles
Paul passes the same gas station and travels at 60 mph
IMPORTANT: At this point, Paul is 12.5 miles behind Mary.
However, since Paul is traveling 10 mph FASTER than Mary, the gap between them SHRINKS at a rate of 10 mph.
So, at this point, we need to determine the time it takes for the 12.5 mile gap to shrink to zero.
Time = (distance)/(speed)
= 12.5/10
= 1.25 hours
= 1 hour 15 mins
= D
Cheers,
Brent
