SOLUTION: Sierra went on a 96 mile trip to a soccer game. On the way back, due to road construction she had to drive 16 miles per hour slower. This made the trip take 1 hour longer. How fast

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Question 1193303: Sierra went on a 96 mile trip to a soccer game. On the way back, due to road construction she had to drive 16 miles per hour slower. This made the trip take 1 hour longer. How fast did she drive to the soccer game?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
                  SPEED          TIME              DISTANCE
GOING TO            r            96/r                96
COMING BACK        r-16           96/(r-16)            96
DIFFERENCE                         1

---------solve this for r.






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-------these differ by 16.
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---------r should equal .


check:

=


check worked.
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