SOLUTION: After making a trip of (26 km, Christina found that if she had increased her average speed by 8 km per hour. she could have made the trip in one hour less time. Find Christina's o

Question 1187189: After making a trip of (26 km, Christina found that if she had increased her average speed by 8 km
per hour. she could have made the trip in one hour less time. Find Christina's original rate.

Found 2 solutions by greenestamps, josgarithmetic:
Answer by greenestamps(13200) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

I don't know how far "(26" km is....

Re-post, showing the required information clearly.

Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Each way of the trip would be 26 km.
r, the original speed
r+8, the not-done higher speed

Time difference would have been 1 hour.

Simplify and solve.
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Gen. Soln. Quadratic Eq.

-------(approximately 11; but check to see if this makes sense in the original equation.
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