SOLUTION: a man reaches his office from his home 40 minutes too late.if he walks at 3 km an hour and 30 minutes too soon.if he walks 4 km an hour.how far is his office frm his home?

Question 881687: a man reaches his office from his home 40 minutes too late.if he walks at 3 km an hour and 30 minutes too soon.if he walks 4 km an hour.how far is his office frm his home?
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a man reaches his office from his home 40 minutes too late if he walks at 3 km an hour.
And 30 minutes too soon, if he walks 4 km an hour.
how far is his office from his home?
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Let d = distance from his home to his office
the difference between being 40 min late and 30 min to soon, is 70 min
70 min hrs
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Write time equation; time = dist/speed
Late time - early time = 70 min
- =
multiply equation by 24
24* - 24* = 24*
Cancel the denominators and you have
8d - 6d = 4(7)
2d = 28
d = 28/2
d = 14 km from home to work
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See if that checks out, find the time at each speed
14/3 = 4.67 hrs
14/4 = 3.5 hrs
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time dif: 1.17 hrs which is about 70 min

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