document.write( "Question 124782: Two cars started from the same point and traveled on a straight course in opposite directions for exactly 2 hours, at which time they were 208 miles apart. If one car traveled, on average, 8 miles per hour faster than the other car, what was the average speed for each car for the 2-hour trip? \n" ); document.write( "
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Two cars started from the same point, and traveled on a straight course in opposite directions for exactly 2 hours, at which time they were 208 miles apart. If one car traveled, on average, 8 miles per hour faster than the other car, what was the average speed for each car for the 2-hour trip?
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\n" ); document.write( "Let s = speed of the slower car
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\n" ); document.write( "(s+8) = speed of the faster car
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\n" ); document.write( "Write a distance equation; Distance = time * speed
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\n" ); document.write( "2s + 2(s+8) = 208 mi
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\n" ); document.write( "2s + 2s + 16 = 208
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\n" ); document.write( "4s = 208 - 16
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\n" ); document.write( "4s = 192
\n" ); document.write( "s = \"192%2F4\"
\n" ); document.write( "s = 48 mph av speed of the slower car
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\n" ); document.write( "48 + 8 = 56 mph av speed of the faster car
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\n" ); document.write( "Check solutions by finding the distance
\n" ); document.write( "2(48) + 2(56) =
\n" ); document.write( " 96 + 112 = 208 \n" ); document.write( "
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