document.write( "Question 768041: A truck traveling at a constant rate of 45 mph leaves Buffalo traveling west. At the same time, a car leaves a city 800 miles west of Buffalo traveling east at a constant rate of 60 mph. If both vehicles are traveling on the same highway, how far, to the nearest mile, will each vehicle travel before they meet? \n" ); document.write( "

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Think of one car as standing still and
\n" ); document.write( "the other moving at the sum of their speeds
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"+800+=+%28+45+%2B+60+%29%2At+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+105t+=+800+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+t+=+800+%2F+105+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+t+=+76+\"$ mi
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