SOLUTION: Man drives car 200 km at x speed then gets on a bus that goes 5 km faster and stays on bus for 240 km. What was x if total trip was 8 hours

Question 834257: Man drives car 200 km at x speed then gets on a bus that goes 5 km faster and stays on bus for 240 km. What was x if total trip was 8 hours
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
____________speed_____________time____________distance
Drive_______x_________________t_______________200
Bus_________x+5_______________8-t_____________240

Instead of showing a "Total" row, the fact that total time was 8 hours, and of that quantity, t was spent driving. Bus time is the difference. Variables to solve for are x and t.

Drive:
Bus:

Some similar travel - rates problems are like this form. Try to solve the simultaneous equations just derived for this system.
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