SOLUTION: Sue and Jane traveled opposite directions. Sue traveled 30mph while Jane travels 20mph sue left 3 hours before Jane. They are 490 miles apart, how much time has each traveled

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Question 1052557: Sue and Jane traveled opposite directions. Sue traveled 30mph while Jane travels 20mph sue left 3 hours before Jane. They are 490 miles apart, how much time has each traveled
Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

For Sue,

For Jane,

where t is measured from when Sue left.





So then Sue traveled 11 hours and covered 330 miles and Jane traveled 3 hours less or 8 hours and covered 160 miles.

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