Jose left the White House and drove toward the recycling plant at an average speed of 40 km/h. Rob left some time later driving in the same direction at an average speed of 48 km/h. After driving for five hours Rob caught up with Jose. How long did Jose drive before Rob caught up?
Let [tex]x[/tex] represent Jose's drived distance and [tex]y[/tex] represent Rob's. So what you need to do is to solve the equation: [tex]40x=48*5[/tex] [tex]40x=240[/tex] [tex]x=240/40=6[/tex]