document.write( "Question 1005925: Two cars leave a city and head in the same direction.
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Two cars leave a city and head in the same direction.
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document.write( "The slower car has traveled 150 miles in 3 hours.\r\n" );
document.write( "So the slower car's speed is 150 miles in 3 hours or \r\n" );
document.write( "150 mi per 3 hr, or (150/3) mi/hr or 50 mi/hr.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The faster car has traveled 150+18 or 168 in 3 hours.\r\n" );
document.write( "So the faster car's speed is 168 miles in 3 hours or \r\n" );
document.write( "168 mi per 3 hr, or (168/3) mi/hr or 56 mi/hr.  \r\n" );
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