SOLUTION: Boston is 295 miles from New York city along a certain route. A car starts from Boston at 1:00 pm and travels along this route toward New York at steady rate of 50 mph. Another car

Question 821984: Boston is 295 miles from New York city along a certain route. A car starts from Boston at 1:00 pm and travels along this route toward New York at steady rate of 50 mph. Another car starts from New York at 1:30 PM and travels along this route toward Boston at steady rate of 40 mph. At what time do the cars pass each other?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
50x=295,
40y=295,
x = 5.9 hours y = 59/8=7.375 hours
40a+50(a+1/2)=295
a=3 hours driving at 40 mph
They meet at 4:30 pm
check
120+175=295
ok

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