document.write( "Question 1119232: During a charity ride Sally and Ruth each cycle 120 km. Ruth’s average speed for the journey is 2km faster than Sally’s average speed.
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document.write( "A) let Sally’s speed be x km/ h. Write expressions in terms of x, for the time needed by each girl to complete her journey.
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document.write( "B) if Ruth takes 40 minutes less time to compete the journey, write an expression and solve it to find Sally’s average speed during the charity ride \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #734699 by josmiceli(19441)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! (A) \n" ); document.write( "Equation for Sally's time: \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "Equation for Ruth's time: \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "(B) \n" ); document.write( "Note that you must convert minutes to hrs \n" ); document.write( "since the speeds are in km/hr \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "Multiply both sides by \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "complete the square \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "Saly's ave speed was 18 km/hr\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |