SOLUTION: a bus traveled on a level road for 5 hours at an average speed of 20 mile per hour faster than it traveled on a winding road. The time spent on the winding road was 5 hours. Find t

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Question 912596: a bus traveled on a level road for 5 hours at an average speed of 20 mile per hour faster than it traveled on a winding road. The time spent on the winding road was 5 hours. Find the average speed on the level road if the entire trip was 480 miles
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, brysca:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39616) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
________________rate________time________distance
LEVEL___________r+20_________5__________(r+20)*5
WINDG____________r___________5____________r*5
Total____________________________________480

Answer by brysca(112) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
step by step solution is in the link below. Hope this helped!
http://imgur.com/tBRJwuP