A traveled 88 miles in 1 1/2 hours, so it is going 58 2/3 mi/hr
It will take another 99/(58 2/3) = 1.6875 hours to reach its destination
It had come 58 2/3 miles in the first hour, so it started out 187 + 58 2/3 = 242 2/3 miles from its destination.
So, after x hours, A's distance from its destination is
A = 242 2/3 - 58 2/3 x
I'm suspicious of these fractions, so check my math, as always.
Now do B, using the same idea.
Then you can answer the question.
can i have some simple help with this rather long math problem?
Two freight trucks are traveling to the same destination, and each are traveling at a constant speed. Truck A is 187 miles away from its destination at 9 a.m., one hour after leaving from its origin, and is 99 miles away from the destination at 10:36 a.m. Truck B started traveling to its destination at 6:30 a.m. Truck B is 248 miles away at 8:30 a.m. and 155 miles away at 10 a.m. Analyze each situation to determine a function that finds the distance to the destination for each truck based on the time in hours after starting the trip from the origin to the destination. Then use the functions to determine which truck will arrive first to its destination.
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This is a test question, please remove it!!!
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the answer is Truck B