A Truck and Travel 240 mi in the same time that it takes a car to travel 280 miles if the truck's rate is 5 miles per hour slower than the cars find the average rate for each

Answer 1

v = speed of car

v - 5 = speed of truck

time = distance / speed

Car:

t = 280/v

Truck:

t = 240/(v - 5)

The travel times are the same, so

280/v = 240/(v - 5)

Now solve for v, then get v-5. The final answer is

v = 35 mi/hr

v - 5 = 30 mi/hr

Test the answer.