document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=280553>Question 280553</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> amy travels 450 miles at a certain speed.  If the car had gone 15 mph faster, the trip would have take 1 hour less.  Find amys speed.  Show your work.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I know that D=RT  So 450=RT  I am not sure where to go from here because this does not work<BR>\n" );
document.write( "450=(15+r)(t-1)  ---- any suggestions?  I appreciate the help, thank you </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #203935 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richwmiller><B>richwmiller(17219)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richwmiller><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=richwmiller><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=203935\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> There is nothing wrong with your equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "450=(r+15)*(t-1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You forgot the original info.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "r*t=450<BR>\n" );
document.write( "r=75 and t=6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "check<BR>\n" );
document.write( "r*t=450\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "75*6=450<BR>\n" );
document.write( "450=450<BR>\n" );
document.write( "now check the second equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "90*5=450<BR>\n" );
document.write( "450=450<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ok<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The trip would not have been one hour less because Amy would have gotten stopped and ticketed or most likely ended up as a traffic fatality (dead).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What a terrible problem for math!<BR>\n" );
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