SOLUTION: A pilot flew a jet from City A to City B, a distance of 1500 mi. On the return trip, the average speed was 20% faster than the outbound speed. The round-trip took 7 h 20 min. What

Question 1200263: A pilot flew a jet from City A to City B, a distance of 1500 mi. On the return trip, the average speed was 20% faster than the outbound speed. The round-trip took 7 h 20 min. What was the speed from City A to City B?
Found 3 solutions by josgarithmetic, ikleyn, greenestamps:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

SPEED TIME DIST. GOING r 1500/r 1500 RETURN 1.2r 1500/(1.2r) 1500 TOTAL 7&1/3

Solve for r:

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Answer by ikleyn(52803)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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A pilot flew a jet from City A to City B, a distance of 1500 mi.
On the return trip, the average speed was 20% faster than the outbound speed.
The round-trip took 7 h 20 min. What was the speed from City A to City B?
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Let x be the speed from A to B, in miles per hour. Then the speed from B to A is 1.2 x, according to the problem. The flight time from A to B is hours. The flight time from B to A is = hours. Total flight time for the round trip is + = . We are given that = 7 hours = hours. It gives us x = = = 375. ANSWER. The speed from A to B was 375 miles per hour.

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Answer by greenestamps(13200)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Here is an alternative to the standard algebraic solution method shown by the other tutors. For a particular similar problem, this alternative method might (or might not!) make the solution easier.

The distances both directions are of course the same; and the ratio of the two speeds is 1:1.2, or 5:6. That means the ratio of times at the two speeds was 6:5.

The total time for the trip was 7 hours 20 minutes, or 440 minutes. Dividing the 440 minutes in the ratio 6:5 gives 240 minutes for the flight at the lower speed from A to B and 200 minutes for the flight at the higher speed from B to A.

The question asks for the speed on the flight from A to B, which was 1500 miles in 240 minutes, or 4 hours; the speed was 1500/4 = 375 mph.

ANSWER: 375 mph

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