SOLUTION: One bus route takes 25 minutes and the other bus route takes 55 minutes both buses leave the bus stop at 6 am and run continuously what is the next time that the buses will be at t

Question 934859: One bus route takes 25 minutes and the other bus route takes 55 minutes both buses leave the bus stop at 6 am and run continuously what is the next time that the buses will be at the stop together ?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I want whole numbers and
such that:

This is saying:
( route time for bus a ) x ( number of time a's route repeated ) =
( route time for bus b ) x ( number of time b's route repeated )
I know that this would be true:
, so I can start with

Divide both and by

This is ( total time for route a ) = ( total time for route b ), or

Add min to 6 AM

and
= 10:35 AM

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