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Overtake
Age 14 to 16
ShortChallenge Level 
Tom left a motorway service station and travelled towards Glasgow at a steady speed of 60 mph. Tim left the same service station 10 minutes after Tom and travelled in the same direction at a steady speed, overtaking Tom after a further 1 hour 40 minutes.
At what speed did Tim travel?
If you liked this problem, here is an NRICH task which challenges you to use similar mathematical ideas.
This problem is taken from the UKMT Mathematical Challenges.
You can find more short problems, arranged by curriculum topic, in our short problems collection.
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