document.write( "Question 221824: Two cars are traveling 225 miles apart. They start traveling torwards each other at the same time, but one car is going 5 miles an hour faster than the other. If it took 3 hours for the cars to pass each other, what was each car's rate? \n" ); document.write( "
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Two cars are traveling 225 miles apart. They start traveling towards each other at the same time, but one car is going 5 miles an hour faster than the other. If it took 3 hours for the cars to pass each other, what was each car's rate?
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\n" ); document.write( "1st car DATA:
\n" ); document.write( "time = 3 hrs ; rate = x mph ; distance = t*r = 3x miles
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\n" ); document.write( "2nd car DATA:
\n" ); document.write( "time = 3 hrs ; rate = x+5 mph ; distance = t*r = 3(x+5) miles
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\n" ); document.write( "Equation:
\n" ); document.write( "distance + distance = 225
\n" ); document.write( "3x + 3(x+5) = 225
\n" ); document.write( "6x + 15 = 225
\n" ); document.write( "6x = 210
\n" ); document.write( "x = 35 mph (rate of car one)
\n" ); document.write( "x+5=40 mph (rate of car two)
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\n" ); document.write( "Cheers,
\n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( "
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