SOLUTION: Bus A travels at an average speed of 50 mph and makes no stops. Bus B goes 58 mph and has to make a 10-minute stop for fuel. If the trip is 330 miles, which bus is the first to ar

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Question 1058772: Bus A travels at an average speed of 50 mph and makes no stops. Bus B goes 58 mph and has to make a 10-minute stop for fuel. If the trip is 330 miles, which bus is the first to arrive and by how many minutes?
Answer by ikleyn(52788)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Bus A travels at an average speed of 50 mph and makes no stops. Bus B goes 58 mph and has to make a 10-minute stop for fuel.
If the trip is 330 miles, which bus is the first to arrive and by how many minutes?
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Bus A spends  =  hours for the trip.


Bus B spends  hours ( of an hour = 10 minutes).


Compare these two numbers,  and .


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