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Two trucks leave a warehouse at the same time. one travels due north at an average speed of 4747 miles per hour, and the other travels due south at an average speed of 5050 miles per hour. after how many hours will the two trucks be 388388 miles apart?

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the combined speed are 47 + 50 = 97 mph

required number of hours = 388/97 = 4 hours
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