SOLUTION: A Toyota Camry is traveling twice as fast as a Dodge truck. If their combined speed is 105 miles per hour, find the speed of the car and find the speed of the truck.

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Question 868111: A Toyota Camry is traveling twice as fast as a Dodge truck. If their combined speed is 105 miles per hour, find the speed of the car and find the speed of the truck.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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1.T%2BD=105
2.T=2D
Substitute eq. 2 into eq. 1,
2D%2BD=105
3D=105
D=35
Then,
T=2D=2%2835%29=70