SOLUTION: Mike and Adam left a bus terminal at the same time and traveled in opposite directions. Mike's bus was in heavy traffic and had to travel 20 mi/hr slower than Adam's bus. After 3 h

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Question 623952: Mike and Adam left a bus terminal at the same time and traveled in opposite directions. Mike's bus was in heavy traffic and had to travel 20 mi/hr slower than Adam's bus. After 3 hours, their buses were 270 miles apart. How fast was each bus going? Show algebraic equatioms needed to solve.
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If they were 270 miles apart after 3 hours, then the sum of their speeds had to be 90 mph.

Solve for , then calculate


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