SOLUTION: Two cars start from the same place traveling in opposite directions. One car travels 4 miles per hour faster than the other car. Find the speed thier speeds if after 5 hours they a
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Question 169635: Two cars start from the same place traveling in opposite directions. One car travels 4 miles per hour faster than the other car. Find the speed thier speeds if after 5 hours they are 520 miles apart.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Rate x Time=Distance
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The distance car 1 travels is,
The distance car 2 travels is,
The total distance traveled is the sum of these,
Simplify.
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1.
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You also know that one car is 4 mph faster than the other,
Substitute this information into eq. 1,
1.
From above,
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