Faith left town driving west at 50 mph. Gus left 3 hours later driving the same route at 65 mph. How many hours after Faith left will Gus to catch up to her? Round to the nearest tenth if necessary.

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Faith left town driving west at 50 mph.  Gus left 3 hours later driving the same route at 65 mph.  How many hours after Faith left will Gus to catch up to her?  Round to the nearest tenth if necessary.

anonymous · Answer

10 hours.

anonymous · Answer

that's not on the answers list :O

anonymous · Answer

someone help me :o

anonymous · Answer

3 hours + 10 hours =13 hours
Faith had already been driving for three hours after leaving town before the Gus/Faith intercept began.

The 10 hours comes from solving the following for t:
65 t = 150 + 50 t