SOLUTION: If the car traveling west is moving 10 miles per hour faster than the car traveling east, and the two cars are 342 miles apart after 3 hours, find the speed of each car.

Question 1178317: If the car traveling west is moving 10 miles per hour faster than the car traveling east, and the two cars are 342 miles apart after 3 hours, find the speed of each car.
Found 3 solutions by mananth, ikleyn, MathTherapy:
Answer by mananth(16946)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

If the car traveling west is moving 10 miles per hour faster than the car traveling east, and the two cars are 342 miles apart after 3 hours, find the speed of each car.
let speed of car going east be x mph
car traveling west will be x+10 mph

They are moving in opposite directions
effective speed = 2x+2 mph
distance =342 miles
time = 3 hours
d= speed * time
342 = (2x+2)*3
342 = 6x+6
6x= 336
x= 56 mph car going east
Add 10 to the other car

Answer by ikleyn(52875)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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If the car traveling west is moving 10 miles per hour faster than the car traveling east,
and the two cars are 342 miles apart after 3 hours, find the speed of each car.
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            As usual, the solution by @Mananth is absurdist and incorrect.

            I came to bring a correct solution.

let speed of car going east be x mph car traveling west will be x+10 mph They are moving in opposite directions effective speed separating is 2x+10 mph distance =342 miles time = 3 hours d= speed * time 342 = (2x+10)*3 342 = 6x+30 6x= 312 x= 52 mph car going east Add 10 to the other car ANSWER. 52 mph for the car going east. 62 mph for the car going west. CHECK. (52 + 62)*3 = 342 miles. ! Correct !

Solved (correctly).

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Answer by MathTherapy(10556)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

If the car traveling west is moving 10 miles per hour faster than the car traveling east, and the two cars are 342 miles apart after 3 hours, find the speed of each car.

That other person is WRONG!!.
The slower car's speed is NOT 56 mph
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