SOLUTION: Aaron is driving to his friend’s place
180 km away. If he can average a
speed that is 5 km/h more than his
current speed and then triple that,
he will arrive in two hours.
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Question 1191282: Aaron is driving to his friend’s place
180 km away. If he can average a
speed that is 5 km/h more than his
current speed and then triple that,
he will arrive in two hours.
a) Using s for his current speed,
what equation models this
situation?
(b) Determine Aaron's speed
Found 2 solutions by MathLover1, ikleyn:
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Aaron is driving to his friend’s place away.
->
If he can average a speed that is more than his current speed and then that, he will arrive in .
let his current speed be
average a speed that is more than his current speed will be
then that, and we have
he will arrive in two hours,
a) Using s for his current speed,what equation models this situation?
(b) Determine Aaron's speed
......solve for
Aaron's speed is
Answer by ikleyn(52786) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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My condolences to that students who obtain such problems from their teachers.
My advise to you is to change the class and the teacher as soon as you can.
Simply RUN from this teacher as fast as you can.
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