document.write( "Question 335252: Two cars traveling toward each other are 500 miles apart. Car A is traveling 15 miles per hour faster than car B. The cars pass after 4 hours. How fast is each car traveling? THANKS! \n" ); document.write( "
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Two cars traveling toward each other are 500 miles apart.
\n" ); document.write( " Car A is traveling 15 miles per hour faster than car B.
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\n" ); document.write( "Let s = speed of car B
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\n" ); document.write( "(s+15) = speed of car A
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\n" ); document.write( "When the two cars meet their combined distance = 500
\n" ); document.write( "Write a dist equation, dist = time * speed
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\n" ); document.write( "Car A dist + Car B dist = 500 mi
\n" ); document.write( "4(s+15) + 4s = 500
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\n" ); document.write( "4s + 60 + 4s = 500
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\n" ); document.write( "4s + 4s = 500 - 60
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\n" ); document.write( "8s = 440
\n" ); document.write( "s = \"440%2F8\"
\n" ); document.write( "s = 55 mph is Car B
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\n" ); document.write( "55 + 15 = 70 mph is Car A
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\n" ); document.write( "Check solution, find the distance of each
\n" ); document.write( "4(70) + 4(55) =
\n" ); document.write( "280 + 220 = 500; confirms our solutions \n" ); document.write( "
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