SOLUTION: (At 10:00 A.M., a car leaves a house at a rate of 60 mi/h. At the same time, another car leaves the same house at a rate of 50 mi/h in the opposite direction. At what time will the

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Question 505427: (At 10:00 A.M., a car leaves a house at a rate of 60 mi/h. At the same time, another car leaves the same house at a rate of 50 mi/h in the opposite direction. At what time will the cars be 330 miles apart?)<<< How do you do this kind of algebra questions. Please help me, I don't get this and my teacher is going over it so fast! Please.
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the two cars will be 330 mi apart after 3 hours, because they will move 50+60=110 miles each hour awy from each other, and 330/110 = 3