SOLUTION: Two cars leave the same location at the same time and travel in the same direction along a road. The first car os traveling at a rate of 55 mph. The second car is traveling at a ra

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Question 446140: Two cars leave the same location at the same time and travel in the same direction along a road. The first car os traveling at a rate of 55 mph. The second car is traveling at a rate of 35 mph. How much time will pass before the cars are exactly 100 miles apart?
Answer by rfer(16322)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
difference in speed 20 mph
100/20=5 hrs

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