SOLUTION: two cars are traveling in opposite directions at different rates. six hours later, the cars are 380 km apart. express the distance traveled by the faster car in terms of the distan

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Question 1045670: two cars are traveling in opposite directions at different rates. six hours later, the cars are 380 km apart. express the distance traveled by the faster car in terms of the distance traveled by the slower car. let s represent the distance traveled by the slower car. write your expression in simplest form.
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d = rt
two cars are traveling in opposite directions at different rates. six hours
s the speed of slower car
slower car: d = 6s
later, the cars are 380 km apart
faster car: d = 380km - 6s