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Question 894792: Two towns are 240km apart. A car and a bus start travelling towards each other from those towns. If they pass each other 1 1/2 hours after they started their respective journeys, find the speed of each. Note that the car travels 10km/h faster than the bus.

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Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) About Me  (Show Source):
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speed of bus is r.

Uniform Rates for Travel rule is RT=D for rate, time, distance


______________speed________time________distance
CAR___________r+10_________1%261%2F2_______%28r%2B10%29%281%261%2F2%29
BUS___________r____________1%261%2F2_______r%281%261%2F2%29
Total__________________________________240