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A police car is asked to overtake a red sedan that 1.6 km ahead of it on the freeway. The traveling at 80 kmhr and travels 100 kmhr. When will overtake?

The police car will overtake the red sedan in 12 minutes.

Explanation:

The relative speed of the police car with respect to the red sedan is:

100 km/hr - 80 km/hr = 20 km/hr

Converting the relative speed to meters per second:

20 km/hr * (1000 m/1 km) * (1 hr/3600 s) = 5.56 m/s

The distance between the police car and the red sedan is 1.6 km:

1.6 km * 1000 m/1 km = 1600 m

The time it takes for the police car to overtake the red sedan is:

1600 m / 5.56 m/s = 288 s

Converting the time to minutes:

288 s / 60 s/min = 4.8 minutes