SOLUTION: on a freeway, a car passes another car traveling in the same direction but is going 5 miles per hour slower. the faster car travels 340 miles in the time it takes the slower car to

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Question 867815: on a freeway, a car passes another car traveling in the same direction but is going 5 miles per hour slower. the faster car travels 340 miles in the time it takes the slower car to travel 315 miles. what is the speed of each?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39616) About Me  (Show Source):
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___________________speed___________time____________distance
SLOWCAR_____________r_______________t______________315
FASTCAR_____________r+5_____________t______________340


RT=D, variables in order, rate, time, distance;
T=D%2FR.