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: Sue travels 5mph less than twice as fast as June. Starting at the same point and traveling in the same direction, they are 80 miles apart after 4 hours. Find their speeds.
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! Sue travels 5 mph less than twice as fast as June. Starting at the same point and traveling in the same direction, they are 80 miles apart after 4 hours. Find their speeds.
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Let x = J's speed
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It says, "Sue travels 5 mph less than twice as fast as June." So we can say:
(2x - 5) = S's speed
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Using the statement: "Starting at the same point and traveling in the same
direction, they are 80 miles apart after 4 hours." we can say:
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S's dist traveled - J's distance traveled = 80
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Dist = Time * speed
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4(2x-5) - 4x = 80
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8x - 20 - 4x = 80
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8x - 4x = 80 + 20; added 20 to both sides:
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4x = 100
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x = 100/4
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x = 25mph is J's speed
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Using (2x - 5)
2(25) - 5 =
50 - 5 = 45 mph is S's speed
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Check our solution by finding the distance that each has traveled:
S: 4(45) = 180 mi
J: 4(25) = 100 mi
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Difference: 80 mi
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How about this? Did this method seem understandable to you? Any questions
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