SOLUTION: Two truck drivers leave a cafe at the same​ time, travelling in opposite directions. One truck goes 5 mph faster than the other one. After 4 ​hr, they are 412 miles apa
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Question 1126498: Two truck drivers leave a cafe at the same time, travelling in opposite directions. One truck goes 5 mph faster than the other one. After 4 hr, they are 412 miles apart. How fast is each truck going?
Answer by addingup(3677) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the slow truck be x
The other truck goes x+5
4(2x+5) = 412
8x + 20 = 412
8x = 392
x = 49 mph is the speed of the slow truck
49 + 5 = 54 mph is the speed of the fast truck
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