Problema Solution

A truck can travel 270 miles in the same time that it takes a car to travel 405 miles, If the truck rate is 15 miles per hour slower than the car's find the average rate of each.

The rate of the car is ______miles per hour.

The rate of the truck is ____miles per hour.

Answer provided by our tutors

given ,  truck can travel 270 miles in the same time that it takes a car to travel 405 miles

the truck rate is 15 miles per hour slower than the car's

let the cars velocity is 'x'

270 / t = x - 15 and 405 / t = x

now , 270 / 405 = x - 15 / x

15 / x = 1 - 270 / 405

x = 405 * 15 / 135

x = 45 miles per hr . . . . . .