Amy leaves a rest stop at 2 PM traveling west, at 45 miles per hour. Sarah leaves 2 hours later, also traveling west, but at 55 miles per hour. At what time will Sarah catch up with Amy?

You solve the problem by setting up the table and writing the equation 55 (t - 2) = 45t. When you solve, you get 11. What is the answer to the problem?

A) It will be 1 am when Sarah catches up to Amy.

B) It will be 6 am when Sarah catches up to Amy.

C) It will be 11 pm when Sarah catches up to Amy.

D) It will take Sarah 11 hours to catch up with Amy.

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Maxwell Hess

10 June, 13:45

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Glenn Cruz · Answer 1

It will take Sarah 11 hours to catch up with Amy.

here t shows time taken by sarah, not time in clock