SOLUTION: Two cars leave a city and head in the same direction. After 2 hours, the faster car is 20 miles ahead of the slower car. The slower car has traveled 94 miles. Find the speeds of th

Question 524523: Two cars leave a city and head in the same direction. After 2 hours, the faster car is 20 miles ahead of the slower car. The slower car has traveled 94 miles. Find the speeds of the two cars.
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Two cars leave a city and head in the same direction.
After 2 hours, the faster car is 20 miles ahead of the slower car.
The slower car has traveled 94 miles. Find the speeds of the two cars.
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The faster car then, travels, 20 + 94 = 114 miles
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speed = dist/time
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= 47 mph is the slow car's speed
= 57 mph is the fast car's speed
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Check this by finding the distance each has traveled in 2 hrs
2(57) = 114 mi
2(47) = 94 mi
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diff: = 20 mi
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