SOLUTION: Two cars are traveling toward each other. They started at the same time from 48- miles apart and met after 4 hours. If one car travels 40 miles per hour faster than the other car,

Question 684949: Two cars are traveling toward each other. They started at the same time from 48- miles apart and met after 4 hours. If one car travels 40 miles per hour faster than the other car, find the speed of each car.
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Two cars are traveling toward each other. They started at the same time from 48- miles apart and met after 4 hours. If one car travels 40 miles per hour faster than the other car, find the speed of each car.
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The sum of their speeds is 48/4 = 12 mi/hr
The difference can't be 40 mi/hr
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