SOLUTION: a train travels 180 miles in an hour less time than a bus traveling the same distance. if the speed of the bus is 15 mph slower that the speed of the train, find the speed of the t
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Question 530172: a train travels 180 miles in an hour less time than a bus traveling the same distance. if the speed of the bus is 15 mph slower that the speed of the train, find the speed of the train and bus?
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a train travels 180 miles in an hour less time than a bus traveling the same distance.
if the speed of the bus is 15 mph slower that the speed of the train, find the speed of the train and bus?
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Let s = speed of the bus
then
(s+15) = speed of the train
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Write a time equation, time = dist/speed
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Bus time - train time = 1 hr
- = 1
;
multiply by s(s+15); results:
180(s+15) - 180s = s(s+15)
180s + 2700 - 180s = s^2 + 15s
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a quadratic equation
s^2 + 15s - 2700 = 0
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Factor to
(s+60)(s-45) = 0
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the positive solution
s = 45 mph is the speed of the bus
then
45 + 15 = 60 mph is the speed of the train
:
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Check this by finding the times of each
180/45 = 4 hrs
180/60 = 3 hrs
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differ: 1 hrs
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