 A sets out and travels at the rate of 7 miles in 5 hours. Eight hours afterwards B sets out from the same place and travels in the same direction, at the rate of 5 miles in 3 hours. In how many hours will B overtake A ? 41.  Shorter Course in Algebra - Page 123by George Albert Wentworth - 1886 - 165 pagesFull view - About this book
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...Prob. 74. A sets outs from a certain place, and travels at the rate of 7 miles in five hours ; and eight hours afterwards B sets out from the same place, and travels the same road at the rate of five miles in three hours. How long, and how far. must A travel before... | |
 | James Ryan, Robert Adrain - Algebra - 1824 - 542 pages
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 | William Smyth - Algebra - 1851 - 272 pages
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 | Isaac Todhunter - Algebra - 1863 - 302 pages
...and travels at the rate of 7 iniles in 5 hours ; B starts from the fame place 8 hours after A, aiid travels in the same direction at the rate of 5 miles in 3 hours : how far will A travel before he is overtaken by JJ1 Let x represent tho number of hours which A travels... | |
 | James Hamblin Smith - 1869 - 412 pages
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 | James Hamblin Smith - Algebra - 1870 - 478 pages
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 | James Hamblin Smith - Algebra - 1872 - 454 pages
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 | Daniel Barnard Hagar - Algebra - 1873 - 278 pages
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 | James Hamblin Smith - 1883 - 466 pages
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