Question

12. Two cars started toward each other from 375 miles apart. The speed of one car was40 mph. It met the other car after 5 hours. What was the speed of the other car?AnswerMath in Employment Tests

Answer 1

Let's make a diagram to visualize the problem.

Let's find the distance covered by car A using the formula d = v*t.

$d_A=v\cdot t=40\cdot\frac{mi}{h}\cdot5h=200mi$

Car A covered 200 miles.

Subtract to obtain the distance covered by car B.

$d_B=375mi-200mi=175mi$

Then, we use the formula v = d/t to find the speed of car B.

$\begin{gathered} v_B=\frac{d_B}{t}=\frac{175mi}{5h} \\ v_B=35\text{mph} \end{gathered}$

Therefore, the speed of the other car is 35 mph.