SOLUTION: Valentine travels 70 miles to Rome by train, and then takes a bus 30 miles to the coliseum. The bus travels 24 miles per hour slower than the train. If the total time traveling on

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Question 1003073: Valentine travels 70 miles to Rome by train, and then takes a bus 30 miles to the coliseum. The bus travels 24 miles per hour slower than the train. If the total time traveling on the bus and train is 2 hours, find the average speed of the train and the average speed of the bus.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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RT=D basic uniform travel rates rule

r=trainSpeedUnknown

              rate        time             distance
TRAIN         r           70/r               70
BUS           r-24        30/(r-24)          30
Total                     2


70%2Fr%2B30%2F%28r-24%29=2