Today’s Question - John walked along the beach highway from Avalon to Stone Harbor. The distance was 5 miles and he walked at a steady two miles per hour. During his walk, 40 buses passed him from behind and fifty passed him coming from Stone Harbor. What was the average speed of the buses?

Reveal Answer \x0c Cashin\xe2\x80\x99s Comments September 25, 2015 Page 3 of 3 Answer - The average bus speed would be 18 mph. If you assume the busses ran at regular intervals, the deciding factor is the speed of the walker (2 mph), which allows him to meet 10 more busses than pass him. The solution can be found by algebra or common sense. The common sense might take up 12 pages, so here is the algebra: 50 (X-2) = 40 (X+2) which results in 18 as the value of "x" and thus the average speed of the bus.

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