Two cars are traveling in the same direction. The first car is going 40 mi/h and the second car is going 55 mi/h. The first car left 3 hours before the second car. Which equation could you solve to find how many hours it will take for the second car to catch up to the first car?

The triangles are similar. what is the value of x? enter your answer in the box. x = two right triangles. the larger right triangle is labeled x on the longer leg, 12 on the shorter leg and 20 on the hypotenuse. the smaller triangle is labeled 4 on the longer leg, 3 on the shorter leg, and 5 on the hypotenuse.

The tuition costs, c, for a local community college are modeled by c(h) = 250 + 200h, where h represents the number of credit hours taken. the local state university has tuition costs, s, modeled by the function s(h) = 300 + 180h. how many credit hours will a student have to take for the two tuition costs to be equal? round the answer to the nearest tenth of an hour.

The weight v of an object on venus varies directly with its weight e on earth. a person weighing 120 lb on earth would weigh 106 lb on venus. how much would a person weighing 150 lb on earth weigh on venus?