document.write( "Question 710510: Two cars are 310miles away and traveling toward eachother. One travels 8 mph faster than the other. The cara meet at 2.5 hours. Find rhe speed of eaxh car \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #437054 by josmiceli(19441) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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Think of one car as standing still and the other
\n" ); document.write( "approaching at the sum of their speeds
\n" ); document.write( "Let $\"+s+\"$ = the speed of the slower car in mi/hr
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+s+%2B+8+\"$ = the speed of the faster car in mi/hr
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"+310+=+%28+s+%2B+s+%2B+8+%29%2A2.5+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+310+=+%28+2s+%2B+8+%29%2A2.5+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+310+=+5s+%2B+20+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+5s+=+290+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+s+=+58+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+s+%2B+8+=+66+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Their speeds are 58 mi/hr and 66 mi/hr \n" ); document.write( "

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