SOLUTION: It takes 1 hour longer to fly to St.Paul at 200mi/h than it does to return at 250mi/h. How far away is St.Paul?

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Question 151987: It takes 1 hour longer to fly to St.Paul at 200mi/h than it does to return at 250mi/h. How far away is St.Paul?
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It takes 1 hour longer to fly to St.Paul at 200mi/h than it does to return at 250mi/h. How far away is St.Paul?
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Let t = time to St Paul
then
(t-1) = return time
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Write a distance equation Dist = speed * time
250(t-1) = 200t
250t - 250 = 200t
250t - 200t = 250
50t = 250
t = 250%2F50
t = 5 hrs to St.Paul
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Find the distance: 5 * 200 = 1000 mi to St Paul
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Check solution using return time: 4 * 250 = 1000 mi