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anne21
Oct 23, 2007, 04:47 PM
Dieter makes a journey of 430 km, traveling 160 km by bus and 270 km by car. If the car averages 10km/h faster than the bus and the whole journey takes 5h, what is the speed of the car?
I don't get the question.. can anyone help me?? :)
galactus
Oct 23, 2007, 05:07 PM
Use d=rt.
Let r = the bus rate. Then the car's rate is r+10.
Since the total time traveled is 5 hours, we have d/r=5
\underbrace{\frac{160}{r}}_{\text{time travelled by bus}}+\overbrace{\frac{270}{r+10}}^{\text{time travelled by car}}=5
Solve for r.
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