SOLUTION: A car left the house traveling north at 10AM. Another car left the house traveling south two hours later. If the cars traveled at the same rate and were 550 miles apart at 4pm, wha
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Question 939437: A car left the house traveling north at 10AM. Another car left the house traveling south two hours later. If the cars traveled at the same rate and were 550 miles apart at 4pm, what was the rate of each car?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
cars traveled for 6hr at the same rate (opposite e directions)
6r + 6r = 550
12r = 550
r = 550mi/(12hr)
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