SOLUTION: 2 cars leave town at the same time going in opposite directions 1 travels 55 miles per hour another travel 48 miles per hour in how many hours will they be 206 mil es apart?

Question 689060: 2 cars leave town at the same time going in opposite directions 1 travels 55 miles per hour another travel 48 miles per hour in how many hours will they be 206 mil
es apart?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
you can think of 1 car as standing still and the other
car driving away from it at the sum of their speeds

they will be 206 miles apart in 2 hrs

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