document.write( "Question 876942: two cars leave the same city at the same time. One traveling 5 miles faster than the other. after 3 hours both two cars are 393 miles apart. Find the speed of both cars. \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #529075 by josgarithmetic(39618)\"\" \"About 
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You have a description for speeds but no sense of direction. \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"r%2A3%2B%28r%2B5%29%2A3=393\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"3r%2B3r%2B5=393\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"6r=393-5\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"6r=388\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"r=64%262%2F3\" mph, the slower car.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%28r%2B5%29%2A3-r%2A3=393\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"3r%2B15-3r=393\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"15=393\", nonsense.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The cars could be going in opposite directions.
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