document.write( "Question 805554: A jogger ran a 30km race at a speed of x km/hr. He was 4 hours faster than a walker who was walking 10km/hr slower. What speed was the jogger jogging at?\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #485308 by mananth(16946)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Time taken by walker - time taken by jogger = 4 hours\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "let walker speed = x kph \n" ); document.write( "jogger speed = x+4 kph\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "distance = 30 \r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "t=d/r\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "30/(x-10)-30/x=4\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "multiply equation by x(x-10)\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "30x-30(x-10)= 4x(x-10)\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "30x+300-30x=4x^2-40x\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "4x^2-40x-300=0\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "/4 \n" ); document.write( "x^2-10x-75=0\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x^2-15x+10x-75=0\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x(x-15)+10(x-15)=0\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "(x-15)(x+10)=0\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x=15 OR -10\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "ignore negative\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x=15\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |