SOLUTION: Jerry had a doctor's appointment at 10:00 am. The doctor's office is located 16.2 miles away from Jerry's house. John got in the car at 9:30 am, drove with an average speed of 25.4

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Question 985215: Jerry had a doctor's appointment at 10:00 am. The doctor's office is located 16.2 miles away from Jerry's house. John got in the car at 9:30 am, drove with an average speed of 25.4 mph.
Jerry ended up being late for the appointment. How much faster should he have driven (in mph).
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Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source):
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rate time distance 25.4 t+x 16.2

If t was expected time and x was the excess time, you have .

This system can be formed:

Two linear equations in the variables, t and x;
both can be found. These as set with the equations, will be in hours (actually fractions of an hour).

Answer by MathTherapy(10552) (Show Source):
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Jerry had a doctor's appointment at 10:00 am. The doctor's office is located 16.2 miles away from Jerry's house. John got in the car at 9:30 am, drove with an average speed of 25.4 mph.
Jerry ended up being late for the appointment. How much faster should he have driven (in mph).

Time to get there: 30 minutes, or hour
Speed at which he needs to drive to get there in exactly 30 minutes: , or 32.4 mph
Actual speed he traveled at to get there late: 25.4 mph.
So, he should've travelled at least (32.4 - 25.4) mph faster to get there in EXACTLY 30 minutes, or hour