SOLUTION: RATES OF TWO BUSES Two buses that are 90 mi apart travel toward each other on an interstate highway. The slower bus, which departs at 9:30 A.M., travels 5 mi/h slower than the bu

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Question 367536: RATES OF TWO BUSES Two buses that are 90 mi apart travel toward each other on an interstate highway. The slower bus, which departs at 9:30 A.M., travels 5 mi/h slower than the bus that departs at 9:45 A.M. At 10:30 A.M., the buses pass each other. Determine the rate of each bus
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r * t = d ___ the distances sum to 90

[(r - 5) * 1] + [r * .75] = 90