SOLUTION: Please help me and provide explanation to understand further, Uniform Motion Because of bad weather, a bus driver reduced the usual speed along a 150-mile bus route by 10 mph

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Because of bad weather, a bus driver reduced the usual speed along a 150-mile bus route by 10 mph. The bus arrived only 30 minutes later than its usual arrival time. How fast does the bus usually travel?

Answer by ramkikk66(644)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Because of bad weather, a bus driver reduced the usual speed along a 150-mile bus route by 10 mph. The bus arrived only 30 minutes later than its usual arrival time. How fast does the bus usually travel?
Ans:
Let the bus' normal speed be x mph.
Normal time taken to cover 150 miles = 150/x hours (since time = distance / speed)
If he reduces the speed by 10 mph, the new speed = x - 10
Time taken at the slower speed = 150/(x - 10) hours
It is given that the new time is 0.5 hours (30 minutes) more than the normal 
time.
So we get the equation



 or

This is a standard quadratic equation which can be solved through factorization

The two solutions are:
x - 60 = 0 i.e. x = 60
x + 50 = 0 i.e. x = -50
Since x cannot be negative, x = 60
Normal speed =  mph
Check for correctness:
At normal speed, time taken = 150/60 = 2.5 hours
Reduced speed = 60 - 10 = 50
Time taken at 50 mph = 150/50 = 3 hours which is 30 minutes more than 2.5 hrs!
So the answer is correct. Hope you got it :)

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