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Chicago and Green Bay are about 200 miles apart. a car leaves Chicago traveling toward Green Bay at 55 miles per hour. At the
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Question 847867: I need help setting up this distance word problem.
Chicago and Green Bay are about 200 miles apart. a car leaves Chicago traveling toward Green Bay at 55 miles per hour. At the same time, a truck leaves Green Bay bound for Chicago at 45 miles per hour. how long will it take them to meet?
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Chicago and Green Bay are about 200 miles apart. a car leaves Chicago traveling toward Green Bay at 55 miles per hour. At the same time, a truck leaves Green Bay bound for Chicago at 45 miles per hour. how long will it take them to meet?
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let x=travel time for car and truck
distance=travel time*speed
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55x+45x=200
100x=200
x=2
how long will it take them to meet? 2 hrs