SOLUTION: Two buses A & B leave the same bus depot , A towards north,B towards east.after four hours the distance between the two buses is 100 km . determine the speed of the bus A if it t

Question 1090603: Two buses A & B leave the same bus depot , A towards north,B towards east.after four hours the distance between the two buses is 100 km .
determine the speed of the bus A if it travels at the speed of 5 km/h more than that of bus B?
Found 2 solutions by addingup, MathTherapy:
Answer by addingup(3677) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A = B + 5 per hour
A + B = 100 total (4 hours)
Per hour: 100/4 = 25
Substitute for A on a per hour basis:
B + 5 + B = 25
2B = 20
B = 10
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Check:
B: 10 x 4 = 40
A: (10 + 5) x 4 = 60
and 40 + 60 = 100 - Correct

Answer by MathTherapy(10552) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Two buses A & B leave the same bus depot , A towards north,B towards east.after four hours the distance between the two buses is 100 km .
determine the speed of the bus A if it travels at the speed of 5 km/h more than that of bus B?

Correct answer:
This scenario involves a 3-4-5 Pythag triple, times 20.
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