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two cars drive from town a to b at constant speeds. The blue car travels 25 miles per hour, and the red car travels 60 miles per hour. the blue car leaves at 9:30 a.m. , and the red car leaves at noon. the distance between the two towns are 150 miles. who will get their first.

two cars drive from town a to b at constant speeds. The blue car travels 25 miles-example-1

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Hi!

the blue car will take a total of 6 hours to get there. so 9:30 plus 6 hours would arrive at 3:30pm.
the red car arrives there in just 3 hours but left at noon so 12:00pm plus 3 hours would arrive at 3:00 in the afternoon.
so as you can see the red car arrives first. :)
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