SOLUTION: If Gina leaves now and drives at 66km/h, she will reach Alton just in time for her appointment. On the other hand, if she has lunch firest and leaves in 40 minutes, she will have t
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Question 1000300: If Gina leaves now and drives at 66km/h, she will reach Alton just in time for her appointment. On the other hand, if she has lunch firest and leaves in 40 minutes, she will have to drive at 90km/h to make her appointment. How far away is Alton?
Answer by ikleyn(52817) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Let D be an unknown distance to Alton.
If Gina drives at 60 km/h, she will spend hours, or = minutes to get Alton.
If Gina drives at 90 km/h, she will spend hours, or = minutes to get Alton.
According to the condition, the difference of these times is 40 minutes. It gives you an equation to determine D:
- = .
The solution is D = 120 km.
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