SOLUTION: Find the rate of two cars traveling in the same direction if they leave the same place at the same time. One car is one and a half times as fast as the other, and after 4 hr the fa

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Question 1008014: Find the rate of two cars traveling in the same direction if they leave the same place at the same time. One car is one and a half times as fast as the other, and after 4 hr the faster car is 80 mi ahead of the slower car.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39616)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
             rate        time       distance
SLOW          r           4         r*4
FAST         (3/2)r       4        (3/2)r*4
Difference                            80





and the fast car goes 60 miles per hour.
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