document.write( "Question 936885: Hi is it possible to have the formula to work out the following\r
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document.write( "John drives from town A to town B at 90kmh for T Hours
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document.write( "Jenny drives the same journey at 70kmh. she travels for 1 hour longer than John\r
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document.write( "How long did John drive for.
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document.write( "Assume constant speeds\r
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document.write( "I found the answer by drawing it out, which is 3.5 hours assuming I am correct, but there must be a mathematical formula for doing this correctly \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #570339 by mananth(16946)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! John drives from town A to town B at 90kmh for T Hours \n" ); document.write( "Jenny drives the same journey at 70kmh. she travels for 1 hour longer than John\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "How long did John drive for. \n" ); document.write( "Assume constant speeds\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The distance from A to B is 90T\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Jenny time = 90 T/70\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Jenny's time - john's time = 1 \n" ); document.write( "t=d/r\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "90T/70 -T = 1\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "90T-70T =70\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "20T=70 \n" ); document.write( "T= 70/20 \n" ); document.write( "T= 7/2\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "T=3.5 hours\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |