SOLUTION: cabrinha and dabney are attending a conference. After the conference, cabrinha drives home to boise at an average speed of 55 miles per hour and dabney drives home to portland at a

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Question 1203501: cabrinha and dabney are attending a conference. After the conference, cabrinha drives home to boise at an average speed of 55 miles per hour and dabney drives home to portland at an average speed of 40 miles per hour. If the sum of their driving times 11.6 hours and if the sum of the distances driven is 584 miles. determine the time each woman spent driving home.
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                  SPEEDS      TIMES      DISTANCES

Cabrinha           55          h          55h

Dabney             40         11.6-h        40(11.6-h)

SUMS                           11           584

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