Question 1049042
A rental truck and a car are traveling toward each other on the highway and are 220 miles apart. If the car is traveling 20 miles per hour faster than the rental truck and they pass after 2 hours, how fast is each vehicle traveling?


Truck Speed/rate
{{{r}}}

Car speed
{{{r+20}}}

{{{2*(r)+2*(r+20)}}}={{{220}}}
{{{4r+40}}}={{{220}}}
{{{4r}}}={{{180}}}
{{{r}}}={{{45}}}

the speed of the truck is {{{45}}}
the speed of the car is {{{65}}}