SOLUTION: Andrea and Stacy both leave the coffee shop at the same time, but in opposite directions. If Stacy travels 9 mph faster than Andrea and after 9 hours they are 189 miles apart, how

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Question 1046385: Andrea and Stacy both leave the coffee shop at the same time, but in opposite directions. If Stacy travels 9 mph faster than Andrea and after 9 hours they are 189 miles apart, how fast is each traveling?

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If they are 189 miles apart after 9 hours, the sum of their speeds must be 21 miles per hour. is the slow one and is the fast one.



Solve for and then calculate

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it


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