Question 112208: Two cars leave town at the same time going in opposite directions. One of them travels at 55 mph and the other at 65 mph. In how many hours will they be 150 miles apart?
Thank you for your help... i'm not to sure how to get this problem started.
Answer by BrittanyM(80)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! If one car is going at 55 and the other 65, they are separating at a rate of 120mph.
And since the distance which we're concerned about is 150, we can plug these into the distance equation and find the time for which these conditions are true.
D = RT
(150) = (120)T
T = 1.25
Since we'ew measuring time in hours, and one quarter of an our is fifteen minutes, our answer is 1 hour and 15 minutes.
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