SOLUTION: Two trucks started toward each other at the same time from towns 500 km apart. One truck traveled at a rate of 65 km per hour while the other traveled at 60 km per hour. After how
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Question 657298: Two trucks started toward each other at the same time from towns 500 km apart. One truck traveled at a rate of 65 km per hour while the other traveled at 60 km per hour. After how many hours did they meet?
If x represents the number of hours, which of the following equations could be used to solve the problem?
65x = 60x
65x - 60x = 500
65x + 60x = 500
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The answer would be
The way I explain it is, you can think of one
of the trucks as standing still and the other
one approaching at the sum of their speeds
That gives you
for the moving truck. Now convert it to
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