Two cars leave the same town and travel in opposite directions. At the end of 8 hours, the cars are 896 miles apart. Find the rate of each car if the rate of one car is 4 mi/hr more than the rate of the other.

Question

Two cars leave the same town and  travel in opposite directions. At the end of 8 hours, the cars are 896 miles apart. Find the  rate of each car if the rate of one car is 4 mi/hr more than the rate of the other.

Damon · Answer

r and (r + 4) ---> total of 2r+4 (2r+4)8 = 896

kayla · Answer

54