document.write( "Question 1094378: a rental truck and a car traveling toward each other on the interstate are 220 miles apart. If the car is traveling 20 miles per hour faster than the rental truck, and they pass after 2 hours, how fast each vehicle traveling? \n" ); document.write( "

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Truck_________Car
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\n" ); document.write( "After 2 hours, the car covers 2*(20+x)miles during which time the truck covers the remaining distance = 2x miles
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\n" ); document.write( "= Distance now covered by both vehicle = 220 miles
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\n" ); document.write( "2(20+x)+2x = 220
\n" ); document.write( "40+4x = 220
\n" ); document.write( "4x = 180
\n" ); document.write( "x = 180/4
\n" ); document.write( "x = 45
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\n" ); document.write( "Therefore the Truck moves at 45miles/hr
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\n" ); document.write( "While the car moves at (20+45)miles/hr
\n" ); document.write( "= 65miles/hr
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\n" ); document.write( "Hence, while the car moved at a speed of 65miles/hr, the truck moved at 45miles/hr
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