SOLUTION: If two buses travel in different directions, one is going 20mph slower than the other. After 3 hours, they are 270 miles apart. How fast is each bus going?

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Question 342874: If two buses travel in different directions, one is going 20mph slower than the other. After 3 hours, they are 270 miles apart. How fast is each bus going?
Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Rate*Time=Distance
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