SOLUTION: A bus traveling at an average rate of 50 ft per hour made the trip in 6 hours. If it had traveled at 45 ft per hour, how many more minutes would it have taken to make the trip.

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Question 1154974: A bus traveling at an average rate of 50 ft per hour made the trip in 6 hours. If it had traveled at 45 ft per hour, how many more minutes would it have taken to make the trip.
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, greenestamps:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39614)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This means the distance done was 300 feet. 


          SPEED ft/hr    TIME hours   DIST. feet

As Done      50            6           300

If           45                        300

The missing time for the question's condition is , which is 40 minutes more time.
Answer by greenestamps(13196)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


The second speed is 9/10 of the first speed.

Since the distances are the same, the amount of time for the second trip is 10/9 of the speed for the first trip.



That is 6 2/3 hours, which is 2/3 of an hour, or 40 minutes, longer.

ANSWER: 40 minutes longer.

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50 feet per hour?! Are you and a friend pushing it?
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