document.write( "Question 1027194: a car traveled 4032 mi at a certain speed. if the speed had been 16 mph faster, the trip could have been made in 6 hr less time. find the speed \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "a car traveled 4032 mi at a certain speed. let speed be xmph\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " if the speed had been 16 mph faster, (x+16)\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "the trip could have been made in 6 hr less time. \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "original time - time after speed increase = 6\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "t=d/r\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "4032/x - 4032/(x+16) = 6\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "multiply equation by x(x+16)\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "4032(x+16)-4032x = 6x(x+16)\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"4032x%2B4032%2A16-4032x+=+6x%5E2%2B96x\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"6x%5E2+%2B96x-64512=0\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "/6\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x%5E2%2B16x-10752=0\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x%5E2%2B16x=10752\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x%5E2%2B16x%2B64=+10752%2B64\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%28x%2B8%29%5E2=+64576\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "square root\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x+8 = +/-104\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x = 104-8\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x=96 mph\r
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