SOLUTION: On a drive to Hopkinsville you take the scenic route and drive at average 50 mph. On your return, you take a road that is 10 miles longer, but since you can drive at average speed

Question 912535: On a drive to Hopkinsville you take the scenic route and drive at average 50 mph. On your return, you take a road that is 10 miles longer, but since you can drive at average speed 60 mph, it takes you 2 minutes shorter than the trip to Hopkinsville. How far is Hopkinsville from your starting point?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
D Distance Hopkinsville is from starting point
|Multiplying thru by 300 so as all denominators = 1
50(D+10) - 60D = 10
50d + 500 - 60D = 10
490 = 10D
49MI = D, Distance Hopkinsville is from starting point
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