A taxi leaves Point A 5 hours after a bus left the same spot. The bus is traveling 10 mph slower than the taxi. Find the speed of the taxi, if it overtakes the bus in three hours.  Choose the correct answer.
A) 20  B) 24  C) 32  D) 16  E) 40
Let the speed of bus be v - 10, speed of taxi be v   The bus travelled a total of 8 hrs and taxi a total of 3 hrs.   Hence 8 * (v-10) = 3v   8v - 80 = 3v   5v = 80   16
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A taxi leaves Point A 5 hours after a bus left the same spot. The bus is traveling 10 mph slower than the taxi. Find the speed of the taxi, if it overtakes the bus in three hours.