SOLUTION: a truck can travel 120 miles in the same time that it takes a car to travel 180 miles. If the trucks rate is 20 miles per hour slower then the car's, find the average rate for each
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Question 451344: a truck can travel 120 miles in the same time that it takes a car to travel 180 miles. If the trucks rate is 20 miles per hour slower then the car's, find the average rate for each
Answer by jorel1380(3719) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
120/x=180/x+20
120x+2400=180x
60x=2400
x=40
The truck is going 40mph; the car is going 60mph..
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