Two cars lost in a blinding snowstorm are traveling across a largefield, each thinking they are on the road, as shown in the belowfigure. They collide. If the distance x is 264.0 meters and the redcar is travelling at 14.85 mph, how much time in seconds passesbefore the cars collide ?450600MacBook Air

As given : distance=264 m speed of red car (lets say vr)=14.85 mph

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Two cars lost in a blinding snowstorm are traveling across a large- field, each thinking they are on the road, as shown in the below figure. They collide. If the distance x is 264.0 meters and the red car is travelling at 14.85 mph, how much time in seconds passes before the cars collide ?