document.write( "Question 334999: How fast must a car travel to overtake a bus in 5 hours, if the bus is averaging 30 kilometers per hour and left 3 hours before the car \n" ); document.write( "
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How fast must a car travel to overtake a bus in 5 hours, if the bus is averaging
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\n" ); document.write( "Let s = required speed by the car
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\n" ); document.write( "If the car overtakes the bus in 5 hrs, the bus travel time = 8 hrs
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\n" ); document.write( "When the car overtakes the bus they will have traveled the same distance
\n" ); document.write( "Write a distance equation: dist = speed * time
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\n" ); document.write( "Car dist = bus dist
\n" ); document.write( "5s = 8(30)
\n" ); document.write( "5s = 240
\n" ); document.write( "s = \"240%2F5\"
\n" ); document.write( "s = 48 km/hr to catch the bus in 5 hrs
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\n" ); document.write( "Confirm this by finding the distance of each, (should be equal)
\n" ); document.write( "5(48) = 240 mi
\n" ); document.write( "8(30) = 240 mi \n" ); document.write( "
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