SOLUTION: At 10 am, a car leaves a house at a rate of 60 mph. At the same time, another car leaves the same house at a rate of 50 mph in the opposite direction. At what time will the cars be

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Question 219805: At 10 am, a car leaves a house at a rate of 60 mph. At the same time, another car leaves the same house at a rate of 50 mph in the opposite direction. At what time will the cars be 330 miles apart?
Answer by checkley77(12844) About Me  (Show Source):
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D=RT
330=(60+50)T
330=110T
T=330/110
T=3 HOURS THEY WILL BE 330 MILES APART.
10am+3=1pm. ans.