SOLUTION: Sam is traveling north at 25 mph when Patty passes by in the opposite direction at 40 mph. How long will it take for the distance between them to be 195 miles?
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Question 362392: Sam is traveling north at 25 mph when Patty passes by in the opposite direction at 40 mph. How long will it take for the distance between them to be 195 miles?
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Sam is traveling north at 25 mph when Patty passes by in the opposite direction at 40 mph. How long will it take for the distance between them to be 195 miles?
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sam = 25mph
Patty = 40 mph
there are driving away
so speed = 25+40=65 mph
distance = 195 miles
t=d/r
t=195/65
t= 3hours
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