Question

Suppose that a storm front is traveling at 33 mph. When the storm is 13 miles away a storm chasing van starts pursuing an average speed of 54 mph. How long does it take for the van to catch up with the storm? How far have they driven? (Hint: we can let our two variables be x= distance and t= time. Additionally, [speed x time= distance]. Won’t the van catch up when the distances are equal?

Please make it easy to understand your answer :)

Answer 1

Time = X = 37.14 minutes

Distance they covered= 33.42 miles.

Explanation:

Distance= speed * time

And the distance traveled by the two need to be equal.

Speed of storm = 33 mph

Speed of van = 54 mph

But storm is 13 miles away from van.

So

54*x = 33*x+ 13

54x-33x = 13

21x = 13

X= 0.62 hours

X = 37.14 minutes

54 *0.62= 33.42 miles.