SOLUTION: a car travels 20 kph faster than a truck. it covers 350 km in two hours less than the time it takes for the truck to travel the same distance. what is the speed of both vehicles?
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Question 890173: a car travels 20 kph faster than a truck. it covers 350 km in two hours less than the time it takes for the truck to travel the same distance. what is the speed of both vehicles?
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a car travels 20 kph faster than a truck.
it covers 350 km in two hours less than the time it takes for the truck to travel the same distance.
what is the speed of both vehicles?
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Let s = the speed of the truck
then
(s+20) = the speed of the car
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Write a time equation time = dist/speed
;
Truck time - car time = 2 hrs
- = 2
Multiply the equation b s(s+20), cancel the denominators, and you have
350(s+20) - 350s = 2s(s+20)
350s + 7000 - 350s = 2s^2 + 40s
Combine to form a quadratic equation
2s^2 + 40s - 7000 = 0
Simplify divide by 2
s^2 + 20s - 3500 = 0
Factors to
(s+70)(s-50) = 0
the positive solution is what we want here
s = 50 km/h is the speed of the truck
then obviously;
70 km is the speed of the car
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Confirm this by finding the travel time of each
350/50 = 7 hrs
350/70 = 5 hrs
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differ: 2 hrs
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