250 at 5% simple interest for 3 years

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Kendra had twice as much money as kareem. kendra later spent $8 and kareem earned $6. by then,the two had the same amount of money. how much money did each have originally?

Two cars which are 40 miles apart start moving simultaneously in the same direction with constant speeds. if the speed of the car which is behind is 56 mph and the speed of the other car is 48 mph, how many hours will it take for the car which is behind to catch up the car ahead of it?