A delivery service uses two types of vehicles: vans and trucks. A van travels at an average speed of 40 miles per hour, and a truck travels at an average speed of 60 miles per hour. On a particular day, the total distance covered by both vehicles combined was 500 miles. If the van traveled for 2 hours longer than the truck, which of the following expressions represents the total distance, in miles, traveled by the van?
40(t_T + 2)
60t_T
40t_V
500 - 60t_T