document.write( "Question 1192495: Two buses leave towns 484 kilometers apart at the same time and travel toward each other. One bus travels 18 km/h faster than the other. If they meet in 2 hours, what is the rate of each bus. \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "Two buses leave towns 484 kilometers apart at the same time and travel toward each other.
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document.write( "Let x be the average rate of the slower bus, in kilometers per hour.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then the rate of the other base is (x+18) km/h.\r\n" );
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document.write( "One bus' traveled  distance is  2x kilometers.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The other bus' traveled distance is 2*(x+18) kilometers.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The total distance equation is\r\n" );
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document.write( "    2x + 2*(x+18) = 484  kilometers.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify and find x\r\n" );
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document.write( "    2x + 2x + 36 = 484\r\n" );
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document.write( "       4x        = 484 - 36\r\n" );
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document.write( "       4x        =    448\r\n" );
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document.write( "        x        =    448/4 = 112.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  The slower bus rate is  112 km/h.  The faster bus rate is  112+18 = 130 km/h.\r\n" );
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document.write( "CHECK.   112*2 + 130*2 = 484 kilometers, the total distance.   ! Precisely correct !\r\n" );
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