SOLUTION: At 10:100 a.m. two cars leave the same location and travel in opposite directions one car's speed is 50 mi/h, while the other's speed is 55 mi/h. at what time are the cars 273 mi a

Question 334787: At 10:100 a.m. two cars leave the same location and travel in opposite directions one car's speed is 50 mi/h, while the other's speed is 55 mi/h. at what time are the cars 273 mi apart?
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
since both are travelling in opposite directions
the effective speed = 105 mph.
distance = 273 miles
Time = 273/105
time =2.6 hours
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0.6 hours = 36 minutes
2 hours 36 minutes
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they will be 273 miles apart at 12 .36 pm
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