SOLUTION: Delmas flew to Detroit in 90 minutes and drove his car back home in 6 hours. If he drove 150mph slower than he flew, then how fast did he fly?

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Question 215864: Delmas flew to Detroit in 90 minutes and drove his car back home in 6 hours. If he drove 150mph slower than he flew, then how fast did he fly?
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Delmas flew to Detroit in 90 minutes and drove his car back home in 6 hours. If he drove 150mph slower than he flew, then how fast did he fly?

Step 1. Let x be the speed of the plane.

Step 2. Let x-150 be the speed of the car.

Step 3. Let 1.5x be the distance flew by plane where 90 minutes=1.5 hours and 60 minutes = 1 hour.

Step 4. Let 6(x-150) be the distance drove by car.

Step 5. Distances traveled by plane and car means setting equations in Steps 3 and 4 to be equal.



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  • This is an equation! Solutions: x=200.
  • Graphical form: Equation was fully solved.
  • Text form: 1.5x=6*(x-150) simplifies to 0=0
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Look at .
Moved these terms to the left highlight_green%28+-6%2A%28x-150%29+%29
It becomes .
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Expanded term -6 by using associative property on %28x-150%29
It becomes .
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Multiplied numerator integers
It becomes .
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Eliminated similar terms highlight_red%28+1.5%2Ax+%29,highlight_red%28+-6%2Ax+%29 replacing them with highlight_green%28+%281.5-6%29%2Ax+%29
It becomes .
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Added fractions or integers together
It becomes .
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Remove unneeded parentheses around factor highlight_red%28+45+%29,highlight_red%28+1%2F10+%29
It becomes .
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Factors 45 and 10 have greatest common factor (GCF) of 5. Reducing fraction.
It becomes .
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Solved linear equation highlight_red%28+-9%2F2%2Ax%2B900=0+%29 equivalent to -4.5*x+900 =0
It becomes .
Result:
This is an equation! Solutions: x=200.

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Done!


With x=200, then x-150=50.

Check if distances are equal... 1.5*200=6*50 or 300=300 a true statement

Step 6. The speed of the plane is 200 mph.


I hope the above steps were helpful.

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Respectfully,
Dr J
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