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A car traveling 98 km/hkm/h is 250 mm behind a truck traveling 83 km/hkm/h .
How long will it take the car to reach the truck?
answer using two significant figures.
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Here, is the velocity of the car, is the distance of the car behind the truck, and is the velocity of the truck.
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