SOLUTION: Newport and Vernonville are 208 miles apart. A car leaves Newport traveling towardsVernonville, and another car leaves Vernonville at the same time, traveling towards Newport. The

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Question 457713: Newport and Vernonville are 208 miles apart. A car leaves Newport traveling towardsVernonville, and another car leaves Vernonville at the same time, traveling towards Newport. The car leaving Newport averages 10 miles per hour more than the other, and they meet after 1 hour and 36 minutes. What are the average speeds of the cars?
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1-36/60(n+n+10)=208
96/60(2n+10)=208
96(2n+10)=12480
192n+960=12480
192n=11520
n=60
n+10=70
The car leaving Vernonville travels at 60 mph; the one leaving Newport travels 70 mph..