At 8:00 A.M. the Smiths left a campground, driving at 48 mph. At 8:20 A. M. the

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At 8:00 A.M. the Smiths left a campground, driving at 48 mph. At 8:20 A. M. the Garcias left the same campground and followed the same route, driving at 60 mph. At what time did they overtake the Smiths?    I believe the equation for this would be: 48t = 60(t+1/3) Never have been good at word problems... Am I so far doing it correctly? I need help solving it in Step-by-Step instructions... Especially when it gets to the part with the 1/3 (20min). Please Help! At 8:00 A.M. the Smiths left a campground, driving at 48 mph. At 8:20 A. M. the Garcias left the same campground and followed the same route, driving at 60 mph. At what time did they overtake the Smiths?    I believe the equation for this would be: 48t = 60(t+1/3) Never have been good at word problems... Am I so far doing it correctly? I need help solving it in Step-by-Step instructions... Especially when it gets to the part with the 1/3 (20min). Please Help!

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they overtake when they have travelled the same DISTANCE (rate x time) the shorter time goes with the faster speed 60 t = 48 (t + 1/3) ___ the Smiths had a 20 min head start 12 t = 16 ___ t = 4/3 or 1:20 8:20 + 1:20 = 9:40

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