SOLUTION: olivia drives her car at 60 miles per hour for t ours. Ian drives his car at 50 mles per hour for (t+2) hours. write a simplified expression for the sum of the distances traveled b

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Question 332950: olivia drives her car at 60 miles per hour for t ours. Ian drives his car at 50 mles per hour for (t+2) hours. write a simplified expression for the sum of the distances traveled by the two cars
Answer by nyc_function(2741)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let d = sum of distance travelled by both cars
d = 60t + 50(t + 2)
d = 60t + 50t + 100
d = 110t + 100
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