SOLUTION: 2 cars start 15 miles apart they travel in a straight line towards each other. If they are going at 20 and 55 miles per hour respectively, how long does it take for them to meet up
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Question 885615: 2 cars start 15 miles apart they travel in a straight line towards each other. If they are going at 20 and 55 miles per hour respectively, how long does it take for them to meet up?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Think of this as one car standing still
and the other traveling at the sum
of their speeds
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Let = the time in hrs
hrs
min
min
It takes 12 minutes for them to meet
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