SOLUTION: one car travels 50 miles per hour and another one travels 55 miles per hour. if they start from the same place at the same time and travel in the same direction, after how many hou

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Question 53741: one car travels 50 miles per hour and another one travels 55 miles per hour. if they start from the same place at the same time and travel in the same direction, after how many hours will the faster car be 35 miles ahead of the slower car?
Answer by Paul(988) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let x represent the time
50x+35=55x
5x=35
x=7
Hence, in 7 hours.
Paul.