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Question 551953: two buses depart from the bus staions 360 miles apart. the second bus is 10 miles per hour faster than the first. after 2 hours they are still 120 miles apart. find the rates of the buses. Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The buses must be driving toward each other, since
the distance between them is getting smaller.
Think of one bus a standing still and the other bus
moving at the sum of their speeds.
Let mi/hr = the speed of the slower bus. mi/hr = the speed of the faster bus
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In hrs, they travel mi
given:
The speeds of the buses are 55 mi/hr and 65 mi/hr
