document.write( "Question 857331: A bus and a car leave the same place and travelled in opposite directions. If the bus is traveling at 60km/h and the car is traveling at 75km/h, in how many hours will they be 405 kilometres apart?\r
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document.write( "first solve for Distance each traveled
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document.write( "t = D/r
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document.write( "   | Cross Multiplying to solve for x
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document.write( "   75(405-x) = 60x
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document.write( "   75*405- 75x = 60x
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document.write( "         = x = 225km,   
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document.write( "In 3hrs they will be 405 kilometres apart? \n" );
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