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A truck leaves 9:00 am, At 10:00 am, a moto leaves the same time. The moto travels 15 mph faster than the truck. By noon, the truck is 20 miles ahead of the moto. How fast is each vehicle?
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by Aurora012 at February 13, 2011

A truck leaves a truck stop at 9:00 am, and travels toward Sturgis, Wyoming. At 10:00 am, a motorcyle leaves the same truck stop and travels along the same route. The motorcycle travels 15 mph faster than the truck. By noon, the truck is 20 miles ahead of the motorcycle. How fast is each vehicle?

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From the time of 10 to noon, the moto has travelled an extra 30 mph, but it still is behind by 20 m, which means that there is 50 m total in difference. And that's gotta be the speed of the truck. And because the moto is truck + 15 mph, therefore the moto travels 65 mph.

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A truck leaves 9:00 am, At 10:00 am, a moto leaves the same time. The moto travels 15 mph faster than the truck. By noon, the truck is 20 miles ahead of the moto. How fast is each vehicle?
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