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Places A and B are 160 km apart on a highway. One car starts from A and another from B at the same time. If they travel in the same direction they meet in 8 hours. But if they travel towards each other, they meet in 2 hours. Find the speed of each car. Let P and Q be the cars (1) starting from A and B respectively.

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The speed of car P is 50 km/hr and
the Speed of Car C is 30 km/hr.
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