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Help me out please please

User Mustafa Deniz
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To car 1, car 2's relative velocity is 20+30 to the north. Since car 1 is moving 20mph south, the world around it is moving 20mph north, and since car 2 is heading 30mph north, that gets added to the 20mph frame of reference for car 1.

Answer: 50mph north

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