Question

maurice and rhonda are traveling in the same direction along the same road. maurice is traveling at 55 mph and is exactly 15 miles ahead of rhonda, who is traveling at 65 mph. how many hours will it take rhonda to catch maurice? (write your answer as a decimal.) after you enter your answer press go. hours go

Explanation:

Step1: Find relative speed

$65 - 55 = 10$ mph

Step2: Calculate time to close gap

$\text{Time} = \frac{\text{Distance}}{\text{Relative Speed}} = \frac{15}{10}$

Step3: Simplify to decimal

$\frac{15}{10} = 1.5$

Answer:

1.5