SOLUTION: A tour-bus goes 90 miles to its destination. The rate returning is twice as fast as going. The time for a round trip is 3 hours. How fast does the tour-bus go on each part of the

Question 159504: A tour-bus goes 90 miles to its destination. The rate returning is twice as fast as going. The time for a round trip is 3 hours. How fast does the tour-bus go on each part of the trip?
Answer by jojo14344(1513) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Remember: ---> ... EQN 1
=Going destination
=Returning back=, twice as fast as going --> Condition 1
IMPORTANT: , This distance is only for GOING for the trip.
ALSO: , Total time going + time returning = 3 hours, in this eqn we get ----->, EQN 2
IMPORTANT: See EQN 1, time and Speed are inversely proportional. What does it mean? When Speed goes up, time goes down. Let's illustrate with this proportion:

You see, when you double , then doubles and vice versa, that's why INVERSELY PROPORTIONAL (not direct, not then )
Hope you got it because it's important when we apply it in getting
.
With that said, as , then ,EQN 3, oks?
Then we can equate EQN 2 and EQN 3 since both equal to :

----->

And, via EQN 2:
Therefore we can continue in getting as per EQN 1:

-----------------------> Speed going for the trip
And, as per Condition 1:
------------------> Speed returning back
In doubt? go back EQN 1:

Thank you,
Jojo
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