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Places A and B are 100 km apart on a highway. One car start from A and another from B at the same time at different speeds. If the car travel in the same direction, they meet in 5 hours, if they travel towards each other, they meet in 1 hour. What are the speeds of the two cars?

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60km/h; 40km/h.
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