SOLUTION: two cars start from the same point and travel in opposite directions. One car goes 15 mph faster than the other. In the 3 hours the cares are 315 miles apart. What is the rate of
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Question 446063: two cars start from the same point and travel in opposite directions. One car goes 15 mph faster than the other. In the 3 hours the cares are 315 miles apart. What is the rate of the faster car? Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source):
combined speed = x+x+15
(2x+15)
Time = 3 hours
Distance = 315 miles
Distance = speed * time
(2x+15)*3=315
6x+45=315
6x=315+-45
6x=270
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x=45 mph Car I
Car II 45+15=60 mph
