SOLUTION: One car travels 50 miles per hour and another travels 55 miles per hour. If they start from the same place at the same time and travel in the same direction, after how many hours w

Question 1110157: One car travels 50 miles per hour and another travels 55 miles per hour. If they start from the same place at the same time and travel in the same direction, after how many hours will the faster car be 35 miles ahead of the slower car?

Answer by ikleyn(52803) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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55*t - 50*t = 35     (distance by the 1-st car - distance by the 2-nd car = 35)


(55-50)*t = 35


5*t 35


t =  = 7.


Answer.  After 7 hours.

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