document.write( "Question 787527: At the same time, two buses leave a depot and travel in opposite directions on a straight road. The first bus averages 8 mph more than the second. If they are 150 miles apart after an hour and a half, how fast is each bus going? \n" ); document.write( "
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Sum of their distances is 150 miles, for how much time, h? Find rate of the busses.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Second bus speed, r
\n" ); document.write( "First bus speed r+8
\n" ); document.write( "GIVEN: 1.5 hours.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"r%2A1.5%2B%28r%2B8%291.5=150\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"1.5%28r%2Br%2B8%29=150\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"2r%2B8=150%2F1.5\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"2r%2B8=100\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"r%2B4=50\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28r=46%29\" so \"r%2B8=highlight%2854%29\"
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