document.write( "Question 1189736: Two buses leave a station at the same time and travel in opposite directions. One bus travels 8kmh faster than the other. If the two buses are 976 kilometers apart after 4 hours, what is the rate of each bus? \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "Let x be the rate of the slower bus, in kilometers per hour.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then the rate of the other bus is (x+8) km/h.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Write the total distance equation\r\n" );
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document.write( "    4x + 4*(x+8) = 976.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify and find x\r\n" );
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document.write( "    4x + 4x + 32 = 976\r\n" );
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document.write( "       8x        = 976 - 32 \r\n" );
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document.write( "       8x        = 944\r\n" );
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document.write( "        x        = 944/8 = 118.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  The slower bus speed is  118 km/h.  The faster bus speed is  118+8 = 126 km/h.\r\n" );
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document.write( "CHECK.   4*118 + 4*126 = 976 kilometers, total distance.   ! Precisely correct !\r\n" );
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