SOLUTION: two cars leave at the same point .the speed of the car is 75 kph and the other one is25 kph.at what time will they be 200 km apart?

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Question 170683: two cars leave at the same point .the speed of the car is 75 kph and the other one is25 kph.at what time will they be 200 km apart?
Answer by vleith(2983) About Me  (Show Source):
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Lots of ways to look at this one, but the way I prefer is to look at the difference in their two speeds. They are both going the same direction, so the difference between the two is
V+=+75+-25
V+=+50
How long does it take to go 200km at 50kph?
d+=+v%2At
200+=+50+%2A+t
4+=+t
So after 4 hours they are 200 km apart. at the four hour mark, one car is
d+=+75+%2A+4
300
The other car is
d+=+25%2A4
100
SO they are 200 apart