SOLUTION: Two cars leave from the same point, headed in opposite directions, Car A is traveling 50 mph and Car B is traveling at 60 mph. How many hours will the two cars be 440 miles apart?
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Question 549111: Two cars leave from the same point, headed in opposite directions, Car A is traveling 50 mph and Car B is traveling at 60 mph. How many hours will the two cars be 440 miles apart?
I know the answer is 4 hours but I do not know HOW. What is the formula? Found 2 solutions by Edwin McCravy, josmiceli:Answer by Edwin McCravy(20060) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Two cars leave from the same point, headed in opposite directions, Car A is traveling 50 mph and Car B is traveling at 60 mph. How many hours will the two cars be 440 miles apart?
I know the answer is 4 hours but I do not know HOW. What is the formula
Their rate of separation is the sum of their speeds:
50mph + 60mph = 110mph
time =
time =
time = 4 hours.
Edwin
You can put this solution on YOUR website! you can think of this as one car standing still and the other
driving away at the sum of their speeds
Let = time when they are mi apart
They will be 440 mi apart in 4 hrs
