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UKMT Junior Mathematical Olympiad, 2021

Algebra Difficulty 2.0 Junior Prove it United Kingdom

To travel the 140 kilometres between Glasgow and Dundee, Sam travels half an hour by bus and two hours by train. The train travels 20 km/h faster than the bus. The bus and the train both travel at constant speeds. What is the speed, in km/h, of the bus?

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