SOLUTION: Two cars each travel 75 miles at a constant rate. one car travels 6 mph faster than the other and arrives 5 minutes before the other arrives. Find the rates of speed of the two car
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Question 370418: Two cars each travel 75 miles at a constant rate. one car travels 6 mph faster than the other and arrives 5 minutes before the other arrives. Find the rates of speed of the two cars.
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Two cars each travel 75 miles at a constant rate.
one car travels 6 mph faster than the other and arrives 5 minutes before the other arrives.
Find the rates of speed of the two cars.
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Let s = speed of the slower car
then
(s+6) = speed of the faster car
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Convert 5 min to hrs 5/60 = 1/12 hr
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Write a time equation: Time = dist/speed
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Slow car time - faster car time = 5 min (1/12 hr)
- =
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Multiply by 12s(s+6) to get rid of the denominators, results:
12(s+6)*75 - 12s(75) = s(s+6)
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900(s+6) - 900s = s^2 + 6s
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900s + 5400 - 900s = s^2 + 6s
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5400 = s^2 + 6s
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A quadratic equation
0 = s^2 + 6s - 5400
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Use the quadratic formula to find s
do the math, you should get a positive solution s ~ 70.546 mph
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