A bus traveled on a level road for 6 hours at an average speed 20 miles per hour faster than it traveled on a winding road. The time spent on the winding road was 2 hours. Find the average speed on the level road if the entire trip was 472 miles.

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A bus traveled on a level road for 6 hours at an average speed 20 miles per hour faster than it traveled on a winding road. The time spent on the winding road was 2 hours. Find the average speed on the level road if the entire trip was 472 miles.

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Suppose, the Average speed of the bus on the winding road was, x miles per hour 

So, it's average speed on the level road was, (x+20) miles per hour

Now, it travelled on the level road for 6 hours and on the winding road for 2 hours .

 

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