SOLUTION: Larry's time to travel 255 miles is one hour more than Terrell's time to travel 220 miles. Terrell drove four miles per hour faster than Larry. how fast did each one travel?

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Your equation is

 = ,

where L is the Larry' speed in mph.


To solve it, multiply both sides by L*(L+4).