SOLUTION: Al goes 8 mph; Ben goes 20 mph in the opposite direction. How many hours has Ben traveled when they are 180 miles apart?
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Question 529643: Al goes 8 mph; Ben goes 20 mph in the opposite direction. How many hours has Ben traveled when they are 180 miles apart?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Think of this as Al standing still and Ben
going the opposite way at the sum of their
speeds
Ben is going mi/hr
Ben has traveled for 6 hrs and 26 min
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