document.write( "Question 1029727: Chris went on a bike ride of 24 miles. He realized that if he had gone 6 mph faster, he would have arrived 9 hours sooner. How fast did he actually ride? \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "Chris went on a bike ride of 24 miles. He realized that if he had gone 6 mph faster, he would have arrived 9 hours sooner. How fast did he actually ride?
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Let his actual speed be S
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document.write( "Actual time taken: 
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document.write( "If he'd traveled 6 mph faster, his speed would've been: S + 6
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document.write( "Time that he would’ve taken, travelling at the faster speed: 
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document.write( "We then get the following TIME equation: 
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document.write( "24(S + 6) = 24S + 9S(S + 6) ------- Multiplying by LCD, S(S + 6)
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document.write( " ----- Factoring out GCF, 9
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document.write( "(S - 2)(S + 8) = 0
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document.write( "S, or actual speed =  mph \n" );
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