Two+Car+Problem

A red and blue car are traveling east along a straight level stretch of multilane highway.

At 8:00 AM they are side by side and continue to travel at velocities given by the graphs above.

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Answer the questions below and explain your answers.

What does the intersection of the two graphs represent?

At 10:00 AM, 12:00 PM and 2:00 PM which car is ahead?

Will the cars ever be side by side again and if so when?

Try these tasks:

Model the movement of the cars by walking or moving objects.

Add two graphs for white and black cars. They also start out at 8:00 AM side by side with the red and blue ones. The white car is always ahead of the other 3 and the black one is always behind the other 3.