SOLUTION: Newport and Verm are 192 miles apart. A car leaves Newport traveling toward Verm, and another Verm at the same time traveling towards Newport. The car leaving Newport averages 10 m
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Question 481993: Newport and Verm are 192 miles apart. A car leaves Newport traveling toward Verm, and another Verm 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? Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! You can think of this situation as one of the cars
traveling at the sum of their speeds and the
other car standing still.
The equation is:
The average speeds are 55 mi/hr and 65 mi/hr
