SOLUTION: when a bus travels a certain route at an average speed of the40km/h it arrives one hour late at its destination, and when it averages48km/h it arrives one hour early. Q1;What is t

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Question 1066378: when a bus travels a certain route at an average speed of the40km/h it arrives one hour late at its destination, and when it averages48km/h it arrives one hour early.
Q1;What is the length of the journey?
Q2: How fast should the bus travel in order to arrive on thetime at its destination？
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, ikleyn:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
t, normal expected time
d, one-way trip distance


                    SPEED      TIME       DISTANCE

LATE                40         t+1         d

EARLY               48         t-1         d


Solve this system:



-



-------normally expected time

Q1:
Find d.





Q2:
What should be the expected speed for the bus if the 480 km trip took 11 hours?
Answer by ikleyn(52814)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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when a bus travels a certain route at an average speed of 40 km/h it arrives one hour late at its destination,
and when it averages 48 km/h it arrives one hour early.
Q1;What is the length of the journey?
Q2: How fast should the bus travel in order to arrive on the time at its destination？
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1.  Let D be the length of the journey.

    Then the time of traveling at the speed of 40 km/h is  hours, 

    and the time of traveling at the speed of 48 km/h is  hours. 

    According to the condition, the difference  is 2 hours.
    It gives an equation

     = 2.

    To solve it, multiply both sides by 40*48. You will get

    48D - 40D = 2*40*48  --->  8D = 2*40*48  --->  D = 2*40*6 = 840.

    So, the distance is 840 kilometers, and the first question is answered.



2.  Next, the travel time at the speed of 40 km/h is  = 21 hours.

    Hence, the regular/normal/scheduled time is 21 - 1 = 20 hours,  and so

    the regular/normal/scheduled speed is 840/20 = 44 km/h.

Solved.


Similar problem was solved in the lesson
    - How far do you live from school?
in this site.


Also, you have this free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-I in this site
    - ALGEBRA-I - YOUR ONLINE TEXTBOOK.

The referred lesson is the part of this textbook under the section "Word problems", the topic "Travel and Distance problems".



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