SOLUTION: A bus and a car leave from the same city traveling in opposite directions. The bus leaves 2 hours before the car does. The bus travels at a steady speed of 50 mph while the car tra

Question 359662: A bus and a car leave from the same city traveling in opposite directions. The bus leaves 2 hours before the car does. The bus travels at a steady speed of 50 mph while the car travels at 70 mph. After how many hours will the bus and car be 800 miles apart?
If h represents the number of hours the bus travels, then which of the following expressions represents the number of miles the car travels?
70(h + 2)
70(h - 2)
70h
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!



Hi,

*Note: distance = rate*time

If h represents the number of hours the bus travels

question states:

bus leaves 2 hours before the car does. therefore # hours the car travels is(h-2)

car travels at 70 mph.  70(h-2) represents the number of miles the car travels 

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