SOLUTION: Hi, I'm going back to college and I've forgotten.. well, everything about math. Please explain to me how to do this. An eastbound car is going 4 miles per hour faster than a westb

Question 946201: Hi, I'm going back to college and I've forgotten.. well, everything about math. Please explain to me how to do this.
An eastbound car is going 4 miles per hour faster than a westbound car. The cars are 208 miles apart
2 hours after passing each other on a highway. What is the speed, in miles per hour, of the eastbound car?
Found 2 solutions by Fombitz, lwsshak3:
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Rate x Time = Distance
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When they pass each other, the distance between them is zero.
The first car is going mph west and it's distance from the meet point is, .
The second car is going mph east and its distance from the meet point is
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So after two hours, the distance would be,

Now you have 1 equation in 1 unknown variable, you can solve.

The eastbound car is going mph.

Answer by lwsshak3(11628) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
An eastbound car is going 4 miles per hour faster than a westbound car. The cars are 208 miles apart2 hours after passing each other on a highway. What is the speed, in miles per hour, of the eastbound car?
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let x=speed of eastbound car
x-4=speed of westbound car
travel time*speed=distance
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2x+2(x-4)=208
2x+2x-8=208
4x=216
x=54
speed of eastbound car=54 mph
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