Question

A bus and a car leave from the same city traveling in opposite directions. The bus leaves 2 hours before the car does. The bus travels at a steady speed of 50 mph while the car travels at 70 mph. After how many hours will the bus and car be 800 miles apart?

If h represents the number of hours the bus travels, then which of the following expressions represents the number of miles the car travels?


70(h + 2)
70(h - 2)
70h
i got a

Answer 1

If h represents the number of hours the bus travels

then the question states:

bus leaves 2 hours before the car does. therefore # hours the car travels is(h-2)

car travels at 70 mph. 70(h-2) represents the number of miles the car travels

Answer 2

thanks for explaing it....XD

Answer 3

np :)