SOLUTION: Two cars are 310miles away and traveling toward eachother. One travels 8 mph faster than the other. The cara meet at 2.5 hours. Find rhe speed of eaxh car

Question 710510: Two cars are 310miles away and traveling toward eachother. One travels 8 mph faster than the other. The cara meet at 2.5 hours. Find rhe speed of eaxh car
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Think of one car as standing still and the other
approaching at the sum of their speeds
Let = the speed of the slower car in mi/hr
= the speed of the faster car in mi/hr
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Their speeds are 58 mi/hr and 66 mi/hr
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