Question

Two cars start at the same time from cities that are 250 miles apart and travel towards each other. The rate of the faster car exceeds the rate of the slower car by 8 mph. After 1.6 hours the cars were still 104 miles apart. Find the speed of the slower car (round to the nearest hundredth).

Answer 1

do you have the correct answer in the back of the book?

Answer 2

Since two car are traveling toward each other one's velocity will be positive while other's will be nagative

Answer 3

Let x be speed of faster car
Let -y be speed of slower car

Answer 4

let y be speed of slower car
y=(x-8)

Answer 5

-- correction y=-(x-8)

Answer 6

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