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document.write( "let x=rate of slower bus<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+9=rate of faster bus<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+(x+9)=2x+9=rate at which the two busses are moving apart<BR>\n" );
document.write( "travel time*rate=distance<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(2x+9)=274<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x+18=274<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x=256<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=64<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+9=73<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rate of slower bus=64 mph<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rate of faster bus=73 mph </SPAN>\n" );
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