At 10AM a car leaves a house at a rate of 60 mi/h. at the same time another car leaves the same house at a rate of 50 mi/h in the opposite direction. At what time will the cars be 330 miles apart? I know rate x time=distance but getting confused on how to write the equation.

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Hey baseball14, These types of problems are tough! I know the answer is 3 hours, but there are 2 ways to set up the equation. Check out this video. The teacher solves a problem just like this one and will show you how to set up the equation http://www.brightstorm.com/math/algebra-2/linear-equations/applied-linear-equations-distance-problem--1/