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Truck A leaves station 1 at 9:00 a.m. and travels at the rate of 60 kph. After 2 hours, Truck B leaves the same station and travels in the same direction at the rate of 80 kph. At what time will Truck B overtake Truck A?

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Answer:
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Explanation:

Given

Truck A speed is
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Truck B speed is
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Truck A leaves 2 hours before truck B

Distance traveled in the 2 hour


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Suppose Truck B will catch truck A after t hours


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Overtake time is
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