SOLUTION: Two cars leave a city at the same time, one trabels north and the other south. The car that is trabeling south averaged 12 miles/hr faster than the car traveling north. After 3 hou
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Question 548824: Two cars leave a city at the same time, one trabels north and the other south. The car that is trabeling south averaged 12 miles/hr faster than the car traveling north. After 3 hours they are 396 miles apart. How fast is each car traveling? Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let the speed of the slower car =
the speed of the faster car is
They are moving apart at the sum of their speeds
given:
The car going south has speed of 72 mi/hr
The car going north has speed of 60 mi/hr
