SOLUTION: stanley drives m miles in x hours. How many hours would he save if he drove the same distance in k miles per hour?

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Question 471478: stanley drives m miles in x hours. How many hours would he save if he drove the same distance in k miles per hour?
Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, Edwin McCravy:
Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
d = rt
t = d/r
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difference = x - m/k (in hours)
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20054)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
stanley drives m miles in x hours. How many hours would he save if he drove the same distance in k miles per hour?
Use 

If he were to drive the m miles at k miles per hour, then using 
the formula, the time would be



Now to find out how much time he would save, we subtract this
shorter time  hours from the longer time x hours, and
get

x -  hours saved.

That's the answer.  

Edwin
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