document.write( "Question 184851: A bus averages 6 kilometers an hour less than a passenger car. The bus travels 80 kilometers in the same time that the car travels 112 kilometers. Find the rate of each. \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #854677 by josgarithmetic(39835) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "            SPEEDS      IME                 DISTANCES\r\n" );
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document.write( "BUS           b         80/b                180\r\n" );
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document.write( "CAR         b+6        112/(b+6)             112\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"80%2Fb=112%2F%28b%2B6%29\"$ \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"80%28b%2B6%29=112b\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"10%28b%2B6%29=14b\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"5%28b%2B6%29=7b\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"5b%2B30=7b\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"30=2b\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"highlight%28b=15%29\"$ -------speed of the bus.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Car goes 21 kilometers per hour. \n" ); document.write( "

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