SOLUTION: a man travels from home to work 60 mph and arrives 1 hour early. He travels the same route later that day at 30 mph and reaches 1 hour later. what is the distance from home to work

Question 982888: a man travels from home to work 60 mph and arrives 1 hour early. He travels the same route later that day at 30 mph and reaches 1 hour later. what is the distance from home to work ?
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, MathTherapy:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The sentence either answers the question or is wrong. I will proceed as if the "r" in "later" is wrong, and that the trip at 30 mph... 1 hour LATE.

VARIABLES
t, time for normal
t+1, normal time plus one hour
d, distance either way

______________________rate____________time__________distance
WORK__________________60______________t-1____________d
HOME__________________30______________t+1____________d

RT=D, both distances are equal,

Use the value of t to get the distance, d.
Answer by MathTherapy(10555) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a man travels from home to work 60 mph and arrives 1 hour early. He travels the same route later that day at 30 mph and reaches 1 hour later. what is the distance from home to work ?

Let D be distance

Solve this for D, the distance.
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