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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D=RT
\n" ); document.write( "297=(X+X+5)3
\n" ); document.write( "297=(2X+5)3
\n" ); document.write( "297=6X+15
\n" ); document.write( "6X=297-15
\n" ); document.write( "6X=282
\n" ); document.write( "X=282/6
\n" ); document.write( "X=47 MPH. FOR THE SLOWER CAR.
\n" ); document.write( "47+5=52 MPH. FOR THE FASTER CAR.
\n" ); document.write( "PROOF:
\n" ); document.write( "297=(47+52)3
\n" ); document.write( "297=99*3
\n" ); document.write( "297=297
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