SOLUTION: The Brodskys drove to the mountains at 60km/h. they returned at 40km/h. The return trip took 2 hours longer than the trip to the mountains. How long did it take them to get home?

Question 93043: The Brodskys drove to the mountains at 60km/h. they returned at 40km/h. The return trip took 2 hours longer than the trip to the mountains. How long did it
take them to get home?
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The Brodskys drove to the mountains at 60km/h. they returned at 40km/h. The return trip took 2 hours longer than the trip to the mountains. How long did it
take them to get home?
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Let t = time to make the trip home
Then
(t-2) = time to make the trip to the mts.
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The distances there and back are equal. Make an distance equation from that fact
dist = speed * time
:
dist out = dist back
60(t-2) = 40t
;
60t - 120 = 40t
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60t - 40t = +120
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20t = 120
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t = 120/20
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t = 6 hrs
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Check our solution by find the distances, they should be equal
60 * 4 = 240
40 + 6 = 240
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How about this? make sense to you? Any questions?
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