document.write( "Question 618943: two cars start at the same time from 2 hours 945km. apart and meet in 7 hours. one car travels 5kph faster than the other.what is the rate of the faster car? \n" ); document.write( "

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They are approaching each other at the sum of
\n" ); document.write( "their speeds
\n" ); document.write( "Let $\"+s+\"$ = the speed of the slower car in km/hr
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+s+%2B+5+\"$ = the speed of the faster car in km/hr
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+945+=+%28+s+%2B+s+%2B+5+%29%2A7+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+945+=+14s+%2B+35+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+14s+=+910+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+s+=+65+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+s+%2B+5+=+70+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "The faster car's rate is 70 km/hr \n" ); document.write( "

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