When Clint began his pursuit, Sue was already 60 miles ahead. If Sue travels at 40 mph and Clint travels at 60 mph, how many hours will it take Clint to catch up with Sue?
It is a distance problem I do know that. I am not sure what type. Either + or =. I am very unsure and confused.
Draw it out. distance=rate times time.
To solve this problem, we can set up an equation based on the distance each person travels.
Let's assume it takes "x" hours for Clint to catch up with Sue.
During this time, Sue would have traveled 40x miles (since she is traveling at a rate of 40 mph), and Clint would have traveled 60x miles (since he is traveling at a rate of 60 mph).
Given that Sue was initially 60 miles ahead of Clint, the equation becomes:
60 + 40x = 60x
Now we can solve this equation to find the value of x, which represents the number of hours it takes Clint to catch up with Sue.
60x - 40x = 60
20x = 60
x = 60 / 20
x = 3
Therefore, it will take Clint 3 hours to catch up with Sue.