SOLUTION: A car is moving with 30 km/h, and passes the distance between A and B 54 minutes faster than a bycicle that runs with 12 km/h. What is the distance between A and B?
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Question 338715: A car is moving with 30 km/h, and passes the distance between A and B 54 minutes faster than a bycicle that runs with 12 km/h. What is the distance between A and B? Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A car is moving with 30 km/h, and passes the distance between A and B 54 minutes
faster than a bicycle that runs with 12 km/h.
What is the distance between A and B?
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Let d = the distance from A to B
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Change 54 min to .9 hrs
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Write a time equation, Time = dist/speed
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Car time + .9 hr = Bike time + .9 =
multiply by 60 to get rid of the denominators, results:
2d + 60(.9) = 5d
54 = 5d - 2d
54 = 3d
d =
d = 18 km is the distance from A to B
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Check the solution by finding the travel time of each
18/12 = 1.5 hr
18/30 = 0.6 hrs
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differ: .9 hr which is 54 min
