Problema Solution
Two cars are traveling toward each other on the same road. One car is traveling 65 miles per hour; the other, at 50 miles per hour. If the two cars are 230 miles apart, how much time will it take them to meet?
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let t = the time needed for the cars to meet
since distance = speed*time and the sum of the distances passed by each car is equal to the start distance between them we have:
65t + 50t = 230
by solving we find
t = 2 hr
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it will take 2 hours before the cars meet.