SOLUTION: Car Travel. A car travels from one town to another at a speed of 32 mph. It it had gone 4 mph faster, it could have made the trip in 1/2 hr less time. How far apart are the town
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: Car Travel. A car travels from one town to another at a speed of 32 mph. It it had gone 4 mph faster, it could have made the trip in 1/2 hr less time. How far apart are the towns? This question is from textbook
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let x be the distance between the two towns.
The lower speed is 32 mph.
The higher speed is 32 + 4 = 36 mph.
The time it take to complete the trip at lower speed is .
The time it take to complete the trip at higher speed is .
As the time difference is 1/2 hour, we have (multiply both sides by 4*8*9)
So the distance between the two towns is 144 miles.
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