There's a truck 45 kilometers in front of my car. The speed is 60 kilometers per hour. I've been chasing 80 kilometers per hour. How many hours will it take to catch up?

There's a truck 45 kilometers in front of my car. The speed is 60 kilometers per hour. I've been chasing 80 kilometers per hour. How many hours will it take to catch up?


60t+45=80t
t=2.25
So 2.25 hours to catch up



The speed of a passenger car is six fifths of that of a freight car. The passenger car travels 12 kilometers more per hour than the freight car


Set bus x train y
x=6/5y
x-y=12
We get x = 72, y = 60