document.write( "Question 260953: A red car is travelling 24 mph faster than a blue car. They left their respective cities, which are 650 miles apart, at the same time, and will arrive in the same city in 5 hours. Find the rate at which the red care is travelling. \n" ); document.write( "
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650 miles in 5 hours is 130 mph.
\n" ); document.write( "Red car is doing X mph, other is doing X - 24 mph
\n" ); document.write( "Total speed is 2X + 24 = 130
\n" ); document.write( "so 2X = 154 or 72 mph, (Blue car is doing 48 mph)
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