Question

Two cars travel at 40 and 60 mph, respectively. If the second car starts out 5 miles behind the first car, how many hours will it take the second car to overtake the first car?

Answer 1

\(\large \begin{align} \color{black}{
\normalsize \text{let the hrs taken be}~~ x ~~\text{hrs , so } \hspace{.33em}\\~\\
40x+5=60x
}\end{align}\)

solve for

\(\large \begin{align} \color{black}{
x \hspace{.33em}\\~\\

}\end{align}\)