SOLUTION: Two cars leave Chicago, one traveling east and the other west. After 4 hours they are 492 miles apart. If one car is traveling 7 miles per hour faster than the other, find the spee

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Question 914270: Two cars leave Chicago, one traveling east and the other west. After 4 hours they are 492 miles apart. If one car is traveling 7 miles per hour faster than the other, find the speed of each
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The sum of their distances traveled after four hours is 492 miles.
RT=D rate time distance. One of the time quantities is the main unknown variable.

%28r%2B%28r%2B7%29%29%2A4=492
You know what to do.