SOLUTION: Please help me solve this problem. Steve traveled 150 miles at a certain speed. Had he gone 20mph faster, the trip would have taken 2 hours less. Find the speed of his vehicle.

Question 204078: Please help me solve this problem.
Steve traveled 150 miles at a certain speed. Had he gone 20mph faster, the trip would have taken 2 hours less. Find the speed of his vehicle.
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Steve traveled 150 miles at a certain speed.
Had he gone 20 mph faster, the trip would have taken 2 hours less.
Find the speed of his vehicle.
:
Let s = the speed of the car
then
(x+20) = the faster speed
:
Write a time equation: Time
:
= + 2
:
Multiply this equation by s(s+20) and solve for s, and you have it
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