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Solution
Let be 's velocity, respectively. We want to pass before we collide with . Since and are going in the same direction and , will pass in time. Since and are going in opposite directions, their velocity is given by , so the amount of time before will collide with is given by . We want to pass before we collide with , so must satisfy the inequality . We can eliminate all the units, simplifying the inequality to . Solving this and substituting our known values of and yields , so must increase his speed by miles per hour.
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