document.write( "Question 884295: Two buses leave MCLA at noon. One travels west at 40 miles per hour and the other travels east at 68 miles per hour. How far apart are they after two and a half hours? \n" ); document.write( "
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Rate*Time=Distance.
\n" ); document.write( "The first bus travels,
\n" ); document.write( "\"40%2A1.5=60\" miles west
\n" ); document.write( "The second bus travels,
\n" ); document.write( "\"68%2A1.5=102\"miles east
\n" ); document.write( "So the distance between them \"60%2B102=162\" miles.
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