SOLUTION: A car can travel 310 km in the same amount of time a bus can travel 290 km. Suppose that the speed of the bus is 29 miles per hour slower than the speed of car. Find the speed of t

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Question 1101778: A car can travel 310 km in the same amount of time a bus can travel 290 km. Suppose that the speed of the bus is 29 miles per hour slower than the speed of car. Find the speed of the bus and the speed of the car.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) About Me  (Show Source):
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              SPEED       TIME         DISTANCE
CAR            r          310/r         310
BUS           r-29        290/(r-29)    290

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