Speed of the Truck
Algebra
Level
2
A motorcycle traveling 65 miles per hour, pursues a truck which has a start of 2 hours, and overtakes it in 3 hours. Find the speed of the truck.
38 mph
41 mph
39 mph
40 mph
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1 solution
The distance traveled by the motorcycle in 3 hours is equal to the distance traveled by the truck in 3+2=5 hours.
d = V t
6 5 ( 3 ) = V t r u c k ( 5 )
V t r u c k = 3 9 m p h