document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=268141>Question 268141</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Two buses leave the same city at the same time moving in opposite directions. One travels at a rate of 5 miles per hour faster than the other. After 3 hours they are 375 miles apart. How far did each bus travel?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large r\"> represent the rate of the slower bus.  Then the rate of the faster bus must be <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large r\ +\ 5\">.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since the two buses are traveling in opposite directions, the total rate is the sum of the rates of the two vehicles, namely:  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large r\ +\ r\ +\ 5\">, or <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large 2r\ +\ 5\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since distance equals rate times time:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 375\ =\ 3(2r\ +\ 5)\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large r\">.  The distance traveled by the slower bus is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large 3r\">.  The distance traveled by the faster bus is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large 3(r + 5)\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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