SOLUTION: The time it takes you to get to campus varies inversely as your driving rate. Averaging 25 mph in horrible traffic, it takes you 50 minutes to get to campus. How many minutes wil

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Question 1157479: The time it takes you to get to campus varies inversely as your driving rate. Averaging 25 mph in horrible traffic, it takes you 50 minutes to get to campus. How many minutes will the trip take if you average 49 mph?
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, ikleyn:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Distance d is the variation constant in this example.

t=d%2Fr
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50=d%2F25 and the rest is obvious. Note that the units used do not really match in the usual way.


Answer by ikleyn(52794) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Only  %2825%2A50%29%2F49 minutes.    ANSWER

You calculate the value.