SOLUTION: Please help me solve this word problem. My teacher asked me to do it in a chart format. If I leave now and drive 60 km/h I can be in Midway just in time for my appointment. On t

SOLUTION: Please help me solve this word problem. My teacher asked me to do it in a chart format. If I leave now and drive 60 km/h I can be in Midway just in time for my appointment. On t

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Question 610255: Please help me solve this word problem. My teacher asked me to do it in a chart format.
If I leave now and drive 60 km/h I can be in Midway just in time for my appointment. On the other hand, if I eat first and leave in one hour I will have to drive 80 km/hour to make my appointment. How far is it to Midway?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
60x=80*(x-1)
60x=80x-80
80=20x
4=x
60*4=240
Midway is 240 km away

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