document.write( "Question 346433: mike and adam left a bus terminal at the same time and traveled in opposite directions. Mike's bus was in heavy traffic and had to travel 20mi/hr slower than adams's bus. After 3 hours their buses were 270 miles apart. How fast was each bus going \n" ); document.write( "
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mike and adam left a bus terminal at the same time and traveled in opposite directions. Mike's bus was in heavy traffic and had to travel 20mi/hr slower than adams's bus. After 3 hours their buses were 270 miles apart. How fast was each bus going
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\n" ); document.write( "Mike DATA:
\n" ); document.write( "rate = x-20 mph ; time = 3 hrs ; distance = 3(x-20) miles
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\n" ); document.write( "Adam DATA:
\n" ); document.write( "rate = x mph ; time = 3 hrs ; distance = 3x miles
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\n" ); document.write( "Equation:
\n" ); document.write( "distance + distance = 270 miles
\n" ); document.write( "3(x-20) + 3x = 270
\n" ); document.write( "x-20 + x = 90
\n" ); document.write( "2x = 110
\n" ); document.write( "x = 55 mph (Adam's rate)
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\n" ); document.write( "x-20 = 35 mph (Mike's rate)
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\n" ); document.write( "Cheers,
\n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( "
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