SOLUTION: A car travelling at 70 miles per hour travelled one hour longer than a truck travelling at 60 miles per hour. If the car and truck travelled a total of 330 miles, for how many hour
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Question 830077: A car travelling at 70 miles per hour travelled one hour longer than a truck travelling at 60 miles per hour. If the car and truck travelled a total of 330 miles, for how many hours did the car and truck travel all together? Answer by lwsshak3(11628) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A car travelling at 70 miles per hour travelled one hour longer than a truck travelling at 60 miles per hour. If the car and truck travelled a total of 330 miles, for how many hours did the car and truck travel all together?
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let x=travel time of truck
x+1=travel time of car
distance=travel time*speed
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60x+70(x+1)=330
60x+70x+70=330
130x=260
x=2
x+1=3
Hours car and truck traveled all together=5
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