SOLUTION: 2 cars travel in opposite directions with one going 15mph faster after 3 hours they are 405 miles apart. What's the speed of each car?
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Question 719867: 2 cars travel in opposite directions with one going 15mph faster after 3 hours they are 405 miles apart. What's the speed of each car?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Think of this as 1 car standing still and
the other car traveling at the sum of their speeds
Let = the speed of the slower car
= the speed of the faster car
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The speeds of the cars are 60 mi/hr and 75 mi/hr
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