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2.4 Exercise 61

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Charlie and Violet met for lunch at a restaurant between Memphis and New Orleans. Charlie had left Memphis and drove 4.8 hours towards New Orleans. Violet had left New Orleans and drove two hours towards Memphis, at a speed 10 miles per hour faster than Charlie’s speed. The distance between Memphis and New Orleans is 394 miles. Find the speed of the two drivers.

OpenStax Intermediate Algebra 2e, 2.4 Solve Mixture and Uniform Motion Applications, exercise 61

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