SOLUTION: Cities A and B are 650 Miles apart. A truck leaves city A traveling towards city B at a rate of 64 mph. At the same time, a bus leaves city B traveling towards city A at a rate of

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Question 744277: Cities A and B are 650 Miles apart. A truck leaves city A traveling towards city B at a rate of 64 mph. At the same time, a bus leaves city B traveling towards city A at a rate of 76 miles an hour. They are traveling on the same route. How many hours until they meet?
Answer by sachi(548) About Me  (Show Source):
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each hour the distance between both buses is reduced by 76+64=140 miles
so to cover 650 miles they need 650/140=4.64 hrs & the meet