SOLUTION: Two cars start off 700 miles apart. They begin driving towards on another, with one car going 40 miles per hour faster than the other. If it takes 5 hours for the two cars to meet

Question 684344: Two cars start off 700 miles apart. They begin driving towards on another, with one car going 40 miles per hour faster than the other. If it takes 5 hours for the two cars to meet, how fast is each car traveling?
Answer by checkley79(3341) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
D=RT
700=[(X+40)+X]*5
700=[2X+40]*5
700=10X+200
10X=700-200
10X=500
X=500/10
X=50 MPH FOR THE SLOWER CAR.
50+40=90 MPH FOR THE FASTER CAR.
PROOF;
700=(50+90)5
700=140*5
700=700

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