Two trucks are traveling in the same direction, one going twice as fast as the other. at the end of 6 hours they are 204 miles apart. how fast is each travelling?
speed of slower=x; distance in 6 hours is 6x speed of larger=2x; distance in 6 hours is 12x 12x-6x=204 miles 6x=204 x=34 mph slower, 204 miles in 6 hours. 2x=68 mph, faster, 408 miles in 6 hours, and difference is 204 miles
