Question

It took the football team 5 h to travel from Titletown, a total distance of 1320 km. Part of the trip was by bus and the remainder by plane. The bus averaged 40 km/h and the plane 600 km/h. How many hours were spent travelling by bus?

Answer 1

Answer:

It took 2 hours by plane

Step-by-step explanation:

let bus is represented by x and plane is represented by y

the total distance of bus and plane will be represented by equation:

40 x + 600 y = 1320           (1)

the total time taken by bus and plane will be represented by:

x + y = 5                              (2)

solving equations (1) and (2) simultaneously:

Multiply by 40 on both sides in eq (2)  and then subtract (1) and (2)

40 x + 600 y = 1320

40 x + 40 y = 200

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         560 y = 1120

               y   = 1120/ 56

               y= 2

since plane is represented by y so, the time they spent travelling by plane is 2 hours.