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Question 1091837: Scott drove to the mountains last weekend. There was heavy traffic on the way there, and the trip took
7
hours. When Scott drove home, there was no traffic and the trip only took
4
hours. If his average rate was
27
miles per hour faster on the trip home, how far away does Scott live from the mountains?
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, MathTherapy:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
                   SPEED          TIME         DISTANCE

GOING               r              7             d

RETURN             r+27            4             d






-
----------miles distance from the mountains
Answer by MathTherapy(10552)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Scott drove to the mountains last weekend. There was heavy traffic on the way there, and the trip took
7
hours. When Scott drove home, there was no traffic and the trip only took
4
hours. If his average rate was
27
miles per hour faster on the trip home, how far away does Scott live from the mountains?
Piece of advice: You don't have to determine the person's speed since that was not asked for.

You just need to set up a SPEED equation to find the distance.



I'm TIRED of seeing so many of these same "mountain" problems. Here is a list with 8 of them on here.

1001641

919699

887569

778222

838495

969368

993575

1040343

You will notice that problem # 969368 is EXACTLY like this one, with the exception that the person is YOKO instead of Scott. 

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