document.write( "Question 314004: Two cars leave philadelphia, one traveling north and the other traveling south. After 3 hours, they are 297 miles apart. If one car is traveling 5 miles per hour faster than the other, what is the speed of each? \n" ); document.write( "
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Two cars leave philadelphia, one traveling north and the other traveling south. After 3 hours, they are 297 miles apart. If one car is traveling 5 miles per hour faster than the other, what is the speed of each?
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\n" ); document.write( "Slower car DATA:
\n" ); document.write( "rate = x mph ; time = 3 hrs ; distance = 3x miles
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\n" ); document.write( "Faster car DATA:
\n" ); document.write( "rate = x+5 mph ; time = 3 hrs ; distance = 3x+15 miles
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\n" ); document.write( "Equation:
\n" ); document.write( "3x + 3x+15 = 297
\n" ); document.write( "6x + 15 = 297
\n" ); document.write( "2x + 5 = 99
\n" ); document.write( "2x = 94
\n" ); document.write( "x = 47 mph (slower car rate)
\n" ); document.write( "x+5 = 52 (faster car rate)
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\n" ); document.write( "Stan H.
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