SOLUTION: The 42km drive from Oakdale to Ridgemont usually takes 28 min. Because highway construction requires a reduced speed limit, the trip now takes 14 min longer. Find the reduced speed
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Question 118715: The 42km drive from Oakdale to Ridgemont usually takes 28 min. Because highway construction requires a reduced speed limit, the trip now takes 14 min longer. Find the reduced speed limit in km/h.
Answer by m.hansen(16) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
distance = 42km
time = 28min + 14min = 42min
speed =
= 1 km/min
In more usual units of km/hr.
= .7 hr
= 60 km/hr
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