SOLUTION: Two cars start at Pittsburgh, one driving east and the other west. The car headed east drives 10 miles per hour faster than the car headed west. How fast is the slower car trave

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Question 285566: Two cars start at Pittsburgh, one driving east and the other west. The car headed east drives 10 miles per hour faster than the car headed west. How fast is the slower car traveling if, after 8 hours, the cars are 1,040 miles apart?
Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If they are driving directly opposite eachother,
you can just add their speeds
Let mi/hr = speed of slower car
Then mi/hr = speed of faster car
mi





The speed of the slower car is 60 mi/hr
check:




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