SOLUTION: A passenger bus starts out and travel at 65 kilometer per hour.3 hours later, a car starts out from out the same place ang over take the bus is 18 hours and 40 minutes , What is th

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Question 984270: A passenger bus starts out and travel at 65 kilometer per hour.3 hours later, a car starts out from out the same place ang over take the bus is 18 hours and 40 minutes , What is the rate of the car?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
               rate       time              distance
BUS            65                   d
CAR            r                      d


Both reach the same distance, d when CAR overtakes the BUS.

BUS gives you d; and CAR using d gives you r.

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