document.write( "Question 1003073: Valentine travels 70 miles to Rome by train, and then takes a bus 30 miles to the coliseum. The bus travels 24 miles per hour slower than the train. If the total time traveling on the bus and train is 2 hours, find the average speed of the train and the average speed of the bus. \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #619881 by josgarithmetic(39617) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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RT=D basic uniform travel rates rule\r
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document.write( "              rate        time             distance\r\n" );
document.write( "TRAIN         r           70/r               70\r\n" );
document.write( "BUS           r-24        30/(r-24)          30\r\n" );
document.write( "Total                     2\r\n" );
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