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12 June, 20:36

Corey is 176 miles from Tom. Traveling towards each other. If Tom travels 4 mph faster than Corey and they meet after 8 hours, how fast wash each traveling.

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  1. 12 June, 23:26
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    Answer:Corey was travelling at 9 miles per hour and Tom was travelling at 13 miles per hour.

    Step-by-step explanation:

    Let x represent Corey's speed.

    If Tom travels 4 mph faster than Corey, it means that Tom's speed would be (x + 4) mph

    Corey is 176 miles from Tom and they are traveling towards each other. If they meet after 8 hours, it means that they travelled a total distance of 176 miles in 8 hours.

    Distance = speed * time

    Distance travelled by Corey in 8 hours would be

    8 * x = 8x miles

    Distance travelled by Tom in 8 hours would be

    8 (x + 4) = (8x + 32) miles

    Since the total distance travelled by Tom and Corey is 176 miles, then

    8x + 8x + 32 = 176

    16x = 176 - 32 = 144

    x = 144/16 = 9 miles per hour

    Tom's speed would be

    9 + 4 = 13 miles per hour
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