Car speeds
A truck left Beroun at 7 o'clock in the direction of Prague on the highway in the fog. In 20 minutes after that, a car drove by at the same place and along the same route at a 27 km/h higher speed. The passenger car overtook the truck after another twenty minutes. What were the speeds of the two cars?
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