sarahfryeclark
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Hi, I'm having some trouble setting up the following word problem. My professor recommends using a table to organize what we know and then using that info to solve. I just cant seem to get everything into the table so that i can try to solve. The problem is below:
Two buses leave Smithville at the same time, one traveling north and the other traveling south. The northbound bus travels at 50 mph and the southbound bus travels at 65 mph. When will the two buses be 345 apart?
The table is set up like this:
rate time distance
north 50 x 50x
south 65 x-??? 65(x-??)
we would then have 50x + 65(x-??) = 345 then i could solve for x. i just cant figure out what I'm missing.
thanks for your time
Two buses leave Smithville at the same time, one traveling north and the other traveling south. The northbound bus travels at 50 mph and the southbound bus travels at 65 mph. When will the two buses be 345 apart?
The table is set up like this:
rate time distance
north 50 x 50x
south 65 x-??? 65(x-??)
we would then have 50x + 65(x-??) = 345 then i could solve for x. i just cant figure out what I'm missing.
thanks for your time