A car and a truck left Washington, DC traveling in opposite directions. The car traveled 19 miles per hour faster than the truck

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zhannawk [14.2K]

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A car and a truck left Washington, DC traveling in opposite directions. The car traveled 19 miles per hour faster than the truck

, and at the end of 8 hours they were 1048 miles apart. What was the average speed of each vehicle?

Mathematics

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d1i1m1o1n [39] · Answer 1 · 2022-04-13T10:15:02+03:00

d1i1m1o1n [39]3 years ago

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Total speed was 1048 mi/(8 h) = 131 mi/h. The car was traveling at half this speed plus half the difference, (131 +19)/2 = 75 mi/h.

The truck was traveling at 75 mi/h -19 mi/h = 56 mi/h.