victoria and margaret left their apartment at the same time, traveling in the same direction. Victoria drove at 55 mph and margaret drove at 70 mph. how many hours was it before margaret was 30 miles ahead of victoria?
Let the time taken be x hours.
In x hours, Victoria travels 55x miles and Margaret travels 70x miles.
We want to find when Margaret is 30 miles ahead of Victoria. This means the distance Margaret travels is 30 miles more than the distance Victoria travels.
So, 70x = 55x + 30
15x = 30
x = 2
Therefore, it took 2 hours before Margaret was 30 miles ahead of Victoria.