document.write( "Question 1194490: Two buses leave the station at 4:00A.M, one travelling east at 60kph and
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document.write( "the other, west at 65kph. At what time will they be 50km apart? Please Include Represent, Relate, Equate, Solve and Prove. Thank you! \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #826700 by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Two buses leave the station at 4:00A.M, one travelling east at 60kph and \n" ); document.write( "the other, west at 65kph. \n" ); document.write( " At what time will they be 50km apart? \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "Let t = no. of hrs they traveled to be 50 km apart \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "Write a dist equation, dist = speed * time \n" ); document.write( "60t + 65t = 50 \n" ); document.write( "125t = 50 \n" ); document.write( "t = 50/125 \n" ); document.write( "t = .4 hrs \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( ".4 hrs = .4(60) = 24 min \n" ); document.write( "therefore \n" ); document.write( "at 4:24 Am they will be 50 km apart \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "Check this, find the dist each traveled \n" ); document.write( ".4 * 60 = 24 km \n" ); document.write( ".4 * 65 = 26 km \n" ); document.write( "------------------ \n" ); document.write( "total d: 50 km \n" ); document.write( " |