SOLUTION: Set up an equation and solve the problem. Keep in mind the suggestions we offered in this section. A car leaves a town traveling at 45 miles per hour. Two hours later, a second c

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I. Both vehicles travel the same Distance

d[45mph] = d[r]   

II. Second travels 3 1/3 hr  and first 5 1/3 hr

  | Distance = rt

 45mph(16hr)/10 = r

  720mph/10 = r

 72mph = r