Mary passed a certain gas station on a highway while traveling west at a constant
speed of 50 miles per hour. Then, 15 minutes later, Paul passed the same gas station
while traveling west at a constant speed of 60 miles per hour. If both drivers
maintained their speeds and both remained on the highway for at least 2 hours, how
long after he passed the gas station did Paul catch up with Mary?
A. 30 min
B. 45 min
C. 1 hr
D. 1 hr 15 min
E. 1 hr 30 min
relative speed
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D. 1 hr 15 mingmatmachoman wrote:Mary passed a certain gas station on a highway while traveling west at a constant
speed of 50 miles per hour. Then, 15 minutes later, Paul passed the same gas station
while traveling west at a constant speed of 60 miles per hour. If both drivers
maintained their speeds and both remained on the highway for at least 2 hours, how
long after he passed the gas station did Paul catch up with Mary?
A. 30 min
B. 45 min
C. 1 hr
D. 1 hr 15 min
E. 1 hr 30 min
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Is this a real GMAT question ? What's the source ?gmatmachoman wrote:Mary passed a certain gas station on a highway while traveling west at a constant
speed of 50 miles per hour. Then, 15 minutes later, Paul passed the same gas station
while traveling west at a constant speed of 60 miles per hour. If both drivers
maintained their speeds and both remained on the highway for at least 2 hours, how
long after he passed the gas station did Paul catch up with Mary?
A. 30 min
B. 45 min
C. 1 hr
D. 1 hr 15 min
E. 1 hr 30 min
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Relative speed = 60-50 = 10 miles/hrgmatmachoman wrote:Mary passed a certain gas station on a highway while traveling west at a constant
speed of 50 miles per hour. Then, 15 minutes later, Paul passed the same gas station
while traveling west at a constant speed of 60 miles per hour. If both drivers
maintained their speeds and both remained on the highway for at least 2 hours, how
long after he passed the gas station did Paul catch up with Mary?
A. 30 min
B. 45 min
C. 1 hr
D. 1 hr 15 min
E. 1 hr 30 min
Distance covered by Mary in 15 minutes = 50 *1/4 = 12.5 miles
to overcome time taken = 12.5/10 = 1.25 hrs = 1 hr 15 mins.
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