SOLUTION: two cars leave the same city at the same time. One traveling 5 miles faster than the other. after 3 hours both two cars are 393 miles apart. Find the speed of both cars.

Question 876942: two cars leave the same city at the same time. One traveling 5 miles faster than the other. after 3 hours both two cars are 393 miles apart. Find the speed of both cars.
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, MathTherapy:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You have a description for speeds but no sense of direction.

mph, the slower car.

, nonsense.

The cars could be going in opposite directions.
Answer by MathTherapy(10552) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

two cars leave the same city at the same time. One traveling 5 miles faster than the other. after 3 hours both two cars are 393 miles apart. Find the speed of both cars.

If this is all to the problem, then going in opposite directions, slower car's speed would be mph
You should be able to find the faster car's speed.
You can do the check!!
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