SOLUTION: A tour bus leaves Sacramento every Friday evening at 5:00 PM, for a 270-mile trip to Las Vegas. This week, however, the bus leaves at 5:30PM. To arrive in Las Vegas on time, the dr
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Question 903851: A tour bus leaves Sacramento every Friday evening at 5:00 PM, for a 270-mile trip to Las Vegas. This week, however, the bus leaves at 5:30PM. To arrive in Las Vegas on time, the driver drives 5 miles per hour faster than usual. At what speed does she usually drive?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = the bus's normal time
in hrs to make the trip
= the bus's normal speed
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= the bus's normal speed
The bus's normal speed was 49.523 mi/hr
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check:
close enough
Hope I got it
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