SOLUTION: A truck traveling at a constant rate of 45 mph leaves Buffalo traveling west. At the same time, a car leaves a city 800 miles west of Buffalo traveling east at a constant rate of 6
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Question 768041: A truck traveling at a constant rate of 45 mph leaves Buffalo traveling west. At the same time, a car leaves a city 800 miles west of Buffalo traveling east at a constant rate of 60 mph. If both vehicles are traveling on the same highway, how far, to the nearest mile, will each vehicle travel before they meet? Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Think of one car as standing still and
the other moving at the sum of their speeds
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