SOLUTION: two cars leave towns at the same time in oppoistite directions one travels 35 mi/h and the other 40 mi/h in how many hours will they be 15 miles apart?

Algebra ->  Customizable Word Problem Solvers  -> Travel -> SOLUTION: two cars leave towns at the same time in oppoistite directions one travels 35 mi/h and the other 40 mi/h in how many hours will they be 15 miles apart?      Log On

Ad: Over 600 Algebra Word Problems at edhelper.com


    

Question 445225: two cars leave towns at the same time in oppoistite directions one travels 35 mi/h and the other 40 mi/h in how many hours will they be 15 miles apart?
Found 2 solutions by mananth, ikleyn:
Answer by mananth(16949) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Opposite directions away from each other
add up speeds
30+45=75 mph
t=d/r
15/75
=1/5 hour OR 12 minutes

Answer by ikleyn(53427) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
.
two cars leave highlight%28cross%28towns%29%29 a town at the same time in opposite directions
one travels 35 mi/h and the other 40 mi/h in how many hours will they be 15 miles apart?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I edited your post: it is about ONE town, not about many or several towns.