SOLUTION: Two cars leave the airport at the same time and travel in opposite directions. If one car travels at 35 mph and the other at 25 mph,how long will it take for them to be 300 miles a
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Question 295564: Two cars leave the airport at the same time and travel in opposite directions. If one car travels at 35 mph and the other at 25 mph,how long will it take for them to be 300 miles apart?
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Two cars leave the airport at the same time and travel in opposite directions. If one car travels at 35 mph and the other at 25 mph,how long will it take for them to be 300 miles apart?
let car A have a rate of 35mph
et car b have a rate of 25 mph
let them be 300 miles apart after time t
car A travels 35t miles and car be travels 25t
35t+25t=300
60t=300
t=300/60
t=5
They are 300 miles apart after 5 hours.
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