SOLUTION: A dispatch rider has to deliver a parcel from City J to City S by a certain time.If he travels at an average speed of 90km/hr, he will arrive at city S 1/2 hour late. What is the d
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Question 814266: A dispatch rider has to deliver a parcel from City J to City S by a certain time.If he travels at an average speed of 90km/hr, he will arrive at city S 1/2 hour late. What is the distance between the two cities? Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source):
Distance equals rate times time. Let the time allowed be hours, hence the total travel time is hours because he was 1/2 hour late. Hence the total distance is:
If you expected a specific answer, then you left out part of the problem.
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
