SOLUTION: A man is going 1 hr late to his home one day wen he goes in 80 km speed..
he daily goes in 100 km speed..
Find the distance
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Question 322911: A man is going 1 hr late to his home one day wen he goes in 80 km speed..
he daily goes in 100 km speed..
Find the distance
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let the house distance be x km
time = distance /rate
daily time taken = x/100
on this day time taken = x/80
The difference in time = 1 hour
..
x/80-x/100=1
100x-80x / 8000 =1
20x/8000=1
multiply by 8000 on both sides
20x= 8000
x=400 km
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