SOLUTION: A car and a bus started out from the same place, traveling in opposite directions. The average speed of the car was 15 miles per hour faster than the bus. After 5 hours, they were

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Question 25136: A car and a bus started out from the same place, traveling in opposite directions. The average speed of the car was 15 miles per hour faster than the bus. After 5 hours, they were 535 miles apart. How fast was the car going?
Answer by Paul(988) About Me  (Show Source):
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What you basically have to do is find the speed.
Since you are given distance, time and supportment of speed.
Equation will look like this Distance = time x speed.

Speed of the bus = x
Speed of the car = x+15
After 5 hours = 5 times the 2 components.
Total distance = 535

5(x+x+15)=535
10x+75=535
10x=460
x=46
x+15=46+15=61

Hence the speed of the bus was 46mph and the speed of the car was 61mph.