SOLUTION: Two Cars start at a given point and travel in the same direction at average speeds of 50 miles per hour and 60 miles per hour. How much time must elapse before the two cars are 20

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Question 225554: Two Cars start at a given point and travel in the same direction at average speeds of 50 miles per hour and 60 miles per hour. How much time must elapse before the two cars are 20 miles apart?
Answer by rfer(16322)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
overtake speed is 10 mph
20/10=2 hrs

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