SOLUTION: One evening Ameal and Hana both drive to a concert in a city that lies between their hometowns. Together they drive a total of 333 miles to the concert. Amal drives an average of 5

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Question 840483: One evening Ameal and Hana both drive to a concert in a city that lies between their hometowns. Together they drive a total of 333 miles to the concert. Amal drives an average of 5 miles per hour faster than Hana. If Amal and Hana both arrive at the concert after 3 hours, what is the average speed of Amal's car?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
_______________speed____________time____________distance
Amal___________r+5______________3_______________(r+5)3
Hana____________r_______________3_______________r*3
Total___________________________________________333

, solve for r and then find r+5.
first step could be ,

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