SOLUTION: Two people travel by car in opposite directions. After two hours they are 206 miles apart. One persons rate is x miles per hour and the others person rate is y miles per hour. Draw

Question 886238: Two people travel by car in opposite directions. After two hours they are 206 miles apart. One persons rate is x miles per hour and the others person rate is y miles per hour. Draw and label a diagram that models the uniform motion problem.
Answer by JulietG(1812) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I don't know how to draw the diagram, but you could use a simple line with car X's arrow headed one way and car Y's headed the other.
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If they travel 206 miles in 2 hours, they travel 103 miles in 1 hour.
Any combination that equals 103 will be correct.
2X + 2Y = 206, therefore
X + Y = 103
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If X is 50, then Y is 53
If X is 1, then Y is 102 (and Y had better slow down!)
If Y is 60, then X is 43
etc, etc etc
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You can set up an equation, but cannot solve this without more information.

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