Timmy and Tommy Pumpernickel are leaving home for college today. Peter and Patty Pumpernickel stand and wave goodbye as their pride and joy head off to schools at opposite ends of the state. If Timmy drives a slow 45 miles/ hour and Tommy "the lead foot" Pumpernickel drives a jaw dropping 75 miles per hour, how long until they are 500 miles away from one another?
Select:
A) 4 hours
B) 4.5 hours
C) 4.24 hours
D) 4.17 hours
E) 5 hours
The Pumpernickel brothers are traveling 120 miles per hour in opposite directions.   500 miles/ 120 miles/hour= 4.17 hours   Answer is 4.17 hours
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Timmy and Tommy Pumpernickel are leaving home for college today. Peter and Patty Pumpernickel stand and wave goodbye as their pride and joy head off to schools at opposite ends of the state. If Timmy drives a slow 45 miles/ hour and Tommy "the lead foot" Pumpernickel drives a jaw dropping 75 miles per hour, how long until they are 500 miles away from one another?