sandy wrote:
Car A started driving north from point X traveling at a constant rate of 40 miles per hour. One hour later, car B started driving north from point X at a constant rate of 30 miles per hour. Neither car changed direction of travel. If each car started with 8 gallons of fuel, which is consumed at a rate of 30 miles per gallon, how many miles apart were the two cars when car A ran out of fuel?
(A) 30
(B) 60
(C) 90
(D) 120
(E) 150
Car A can go 240 miles before running out of fuel. So car A traveled for 6 hours. Since car B started an hour later, car B traveled a distance of 30 x 5 = 150 miles, so the two cars were 240 - 150 = 90 miles apart when car A ran out of fuel.
Answer: C