SOLUTION: two cars started from the same town and traveled east on the same road. they began their journey at 7:00am. one car averaged 41 mph, and the other car averaged 55 mph. in how many
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Question 783172: two cars started from the same town and traveled east on the same road. they began their journey at 7:00am. one car averaged 41 mph, and the other car averaged 55 mph. in how many hours were the cars 84 miles apart?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Think of one car as standing still and the other as
traveling at the difference of their speeds.
the distance from the moving car and the stationary car
is mi
Let = time in hours when the distance between
the moving car and the stationary car
is mi
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In 6 hrs they will be 84 mi apart
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