document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=25081>Question 25081</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A car and a bus started out from the same place, traveling in opposite directions. After 4 hours, they were 384 miles apart. One car was going 8 miles per hour faster than the other. How fast was each car going? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #13461 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Paul><B>Paul(988)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-11.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Paul><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=13461\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Bus's speed = x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Car's speed = x+8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "After 4 hours meaning 4 times there speed = distance.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Because distance = time x speed.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4(x+x+8)=384<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8x+32=384<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8x=352<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=44<BR>\n" );
document.write( "44+8=52\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hence the Bus's speed is 44mph, and the car's speed is 52mph.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Paul. </SPAN>\n" );
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