SOLUTION: David is traveling to the airport to catch a flight, if he travels at the speed of 30 mph, he is late by 13 minutes. If he travels at the speed of 40 mph, he will arrive 7 minutes
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Question 522689: David is traveling to the airport to catch a flight, if he travels at the speed of 30 mph, he is late by 13 minutes. If he travels at the speed of 40 mph, he will arrive 7 minutes earlier than the scheduled departure time of the flight. What is the distance to the airport (in miles)?
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David is traveling to the airport to catch a flight, if he travels at the speed of 30 mph, he is late by 13 minutes.
If he travels at the speed of 40 mph, he will arrive 7 minutes earlier than the scheduled departure time of the flight.
What is the distance to the airport (in miles)?
:
Let d = distance to airport
Let s = speed required to arrive on time
then
= the ideal time to the airport
:
Write a time equation for each scenario
:
- = ; late
- + = ; early
--------------------------------------- addition, eliminates d/s
- + 0 =
Clear denominators, multiply by 120, results:
4d - 3d = 2(20)
d = 40 mi to the airport
:
:
See if this works; find s
- = ;
mult by 60s, results
2s(40) - 60(40) = 13s
80s - 2400 = 13s
80s - 13s = 240
67s = 2400
s =
s = 35.82 mph the ideal speed
:
Check solution in the late equation
- =
1.3333 - 1.1167 = .2166 hr which is 13 min
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