document.write( "Question 1085265: Erin rides her bike from home to school in 15 minutes. If she increases her speed by 5 km/hr, she reduces her travel time by 5 minutes. What is the distance from her home to her school. \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #699331 by josmiceli(19441)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let \n" ); document.write( "Let \n" ); document.write( "Let \n" ); document.write( "------------------------------------------------- \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "Convert minutes to hrs \n" ); document.write( "[ min ] x [ hrs/min ] = [ hrs ] \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "and, also: \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "---------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "Her equation for a normal trip is: \n" ); document.write( "(1) \n" ); document.write( "If she increases her speed, the equation is: \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "---------------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "Plug (1) into (2) \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "Multiply both sides by \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "and \n" ); document.write( "(1) \n" ); document.write( "(1) \n" ); document.write( "(1) \n" ); document.write( "The distance from home to school is 2.5 km \n" ); document.write( "-------------------------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "check answer: \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "OK\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |