document.write( "Question 1130749: two buses parked at central station in Kansas city begin traveling at 11:00am: one bus travels east at the rate that is 12 miles per hour faster than the other bus, which travels west. At 4:18pm the buses are 519.4 miles apart. How fast was each vehicle travelling? \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "r, bus going west
\n" ); document.write( "r+12, but going east\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Speed at which they move way from each other
\n" ); document.write( "2r+12\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Time of travel, 5 hours plus 3/10 of an hour\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%282r%2B12%29%2A%285.3%29=519.4\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\"2r%2B12=519.4%2F5.3\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"2r=519.4%2F5.3-12\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"r=519.4%2F%282%2A5.3%29-6\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight_green%28r=519.4%2F10.6-6%29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"system%28highlight%28r=43%29%2Chighlight%28r%2B12=55%29%29\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Westbound bus, 43 mph
\n" ); document.write( "Eastbound bus, 55 mph
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