Problem

Two buses leave a station at the same time and travel in opposite directions. One bus travels 18mih slower than the other. If the two buses are 472 miles apart after 4 hours, what is the rate of each bus?

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Final Answer: The speed of the faster bus is 68mih and the speed of the slower bus is 50mih.

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Step 1 :Let's denote the speed of the faster bus as x and the speed of the slower bus as x18.

Step 2 :Since the two buses are moving in opposite directions, their speeds are added together. Therefore, in 4 hours, they will cover a distance of 4x+4(x18) miles.

Step 3 :We know that this distance is 472 miles, so we can set up the equation 4x+4(x18)=472.

Step 4 :Solving this equation gives us x=68. This is the speed of the faster bus.

Step 5 :Subtracting 18 from this speed gives us the speed of the slower bus, which is 6818=50.

Step 6 :Final Answer: The speed of the faster bus is 68mih and the speed of the slower bus is 50mih.

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