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document.write( "Two cars leave Pittsburgh at the same time, one traveling north and the other south. After 3 hours they are 297 miles apart. If one car is traveling 5 mph faster than the other, what is the speed of each? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Going in opposite directions their speeds are added.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The sum of the speeds is 297/3 = 99 mph<BR>\n" );
document.write( "r + (r+5) = 99<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2r = 94<BR>\n" );
document.write( "r = 47 = speed of one car<BR>\n" );
document.write( "52 mph = speed of other car </SPAN>\n" );
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