SOLUTION: One car travels 285 miles in same amount of time it takes a second car traveling 5 miles per hour slower than the first to go 260 miles. What are the speeds of the cars?
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Question 363715: One car travels 285 miles in same amount of time it takes a second car traveling 5 miles per hour slower than the first to go 260 miles. What are the speeds of the cars? Answer by robertb(5830) (Show Source):
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x = 57 miles per hour, speed of the faster car.
x - 5 = 52 miles per hour, the speed of the slower car.
