SOLUTION: A person drives with constant speed and after some time he sees a milestone with 2 digits. Then travels for 1 hours and sees the same 2 digits in reverse order. 1 hours later he se
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Question 388672: A person drives with constant speed and after some time he sees a milestone with 2 digits. Then travels for 1 hours and sees the same 2 digits in reverse order. 1 hours later he sees that the milestone has the same 2 digits with a 0 between them. What is the speed of the car?
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A person drives with constant speed and after some time he sees a milestone with 2 digits.
Then travels for 1 hour and sees the same 2 digits in reverse order.
1 hours later he sees that the milestone has the same 2 digits with a 0 between them.
What is the speed of the car?
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Let x = the 1st digit on the first mile stone
Let y = the 2nd digit
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Let s = speed of the car
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"Then travels for 1 hour and sees the same 2 digits in reverse order."
10x + y + 1s = 10y + x
10x - x + s = 10y - y
9x + s = 9y
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"1 hours later he sees that the milestone has the same 2 digits with a 0 between them."
10y + x + s = 100x + y
10y - y + s = 100x - x
9y + s = 99x
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Rearrange the above two equations for elimination
9x - 9y + s = 0
-99x+9y + s = 0
----------------adding eliminates y
-90x + 2s = 0
2s = 90x
s = 45x
x has to equal 1, then s = 45 mph (If x=2 and s=90 mph, when added to
a two digit milestone, could not be at another two digit milestone.)
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Find y
9x + s = 9y
9(1) + 45 = 9y
9 + 45 = 9y
simplify divide by 9
1 + 5 = y
y = 6
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Speed is 45 mph, x=1, y=6; 1st mile marker 16
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Try this:
1st milestone: 16
travel one hr +45
2nd milestone: 61
travel one hr:+45
3rd milestone:106
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