SOLUTION: mia drove her car at the rate of 60 mph from her home to los angeles. her mother made the same trip at the rate of 80 mph, and took her 1/2 hours less than it took mia to make the

Algebra.Com
Question 903506: mia drove her car at the rate of 60 mph from her home to los angeles. her mother made the same trip at the rate of 80 mph, and took her 1/2 hours less than it took mia to make the trip. how far is mia's home from los angeles ?
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, MathTherapy:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
________________speed________time__________distance
MIA______________60__________t_____________60t=d
MOTHER___________80__________t-1/2_________80(t-1/2)=d

d is the distance for both trips.
Answer by MathTherapy(10557)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

mia drove her car at the rate of 60 mph from her home to los angeles. her mother made the same trip at the rate of 80 mph, and took her 1/2 hours less than it took mia to make the trip. how far is mia's home from los angeles ?




4D = 3D + 120 ------- Multiplying by LCD, 240

4D - 3D = 120

D, or distance =  miles 

RELATED QUESTIONS


Mrs. Smith drove at a rate of 45 mph from her home to her sisters house.  she spent 1.5... (answered by oberobic,checkley77)

sue drove at a rate of 45 mph from her home to her sister's house. she spent 1 1/2 hours... (answered by ankor@dixie-net.com)

susan left her home at 7am driving her car at the rate of 45 mph. at 9am her sister... (answered by Edwin McCravy)

Please help!
susan left her home at 7:00 am, driving her car at a rate of 45 mph. at... (answered by josmiceli)

Mrs. Chern frove at a rate of 45 mph from her home to her sisters house. she spent 1.5... (answered by )

Karen jogged at an average rate of 8 mph from her house to school. She walked home at a... (answered by TimothyLamb)

Denise drove to her parents' house at a rate of 70 mph. She came back by the same route,... (answered by richwmiller)

Wendy was traveling from Baltimore, MD to Cleveland, OH.  For the first 2 3/4 hours of... (answered by josgarithmetic)


Danielle drove to a resort 260 miles from her home. She averaged 54 mph for the first... (answered by checkley79)