SOLUTION: Using D+RT Two trucks leave warehouses that are 540 miles apart traveling toward one another. They meet 4 hours late. The first truck was traveling 15 mph slower than the second

Question 1041719: Using D+RT Two trucks leave warehouses that are 540 miles apart traveling toward one another. They meet 4 hours late. The first truck was traveling 15 mph slower than the second truck. How fast was each truck traveling?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You can imagine that one of the trucks is standing still
and the other is moving at the sum of their speeds
Let = the speed in mi/hr of the 2nd truck
= the speed in mi/hr of the 1st truck
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and

The faster truck's speed was 75 mi/hr
The slower truck's speed was 60 mi/hr
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check:

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mi
and
mi
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OK
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