Al drives from york toward benton at 45 mph, and ben drives from benton toward york at 55 mph. if york and benton are 210 miles apart, how long will it take them to meet?

In this question, Al drives from York toward Benton and Ben drives from Benton toward York. That means both Al and Ben will reduce the distance between them. In this case, you need to add their velocity. The total velocity should be 45mph+55mph= 100mph

The distance will be shortened by 100mile/hour and the distance is 210 miles. Then the time should be:
time=distance/total velocity =210m/100mph= 2.1 hours