document.write( "Question 1121708: Kiran drove from City A to City B, a distance of 225 mi. She increased her speed by 14 mi/h for the 372-mi trip from City B to City C. If the total trip took 12 h, what was her speed from City A to City B? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #737685 by ikleyn(52799) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "Let x be the speed moving from A to B (the value under the question).\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then you have this \"time\" equation\r\n" );
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document.write( " +  = 12  hours.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Solve it for x.  Your first step is to multiply all the terms by x*(x+14).\r\n" );
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