document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1178317>Question 1178317</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If the car traveling west is moving 10 miles per hour faster than the car traveling east, and the two cars are 342 miles apart after 3 hours, find the speed of each car. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "If the car traveling west is moving 10 miles per hour faster than the car traveling east, and the two cars are 342 miles apart after 3 hours, find the speed of each car.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let speed of car going east be x mph<BR>\n" );
document.write( "car traveling west will be x+10 mph\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "They are moving in opposite directions<BR>\n" );
document.write( "effective speed = 2x+2 mph<BR>\n" );
document.write( "distance =342 miles<BR>\n" );
document.write( "time = 3 hours<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d= speed * time<BR>\n" );
document.write( "342 = (2x+2)*3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "342 = 6x+6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6x= 336\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x= 56 mph  car going east\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Add 10 to the other car<BR>\n" );
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