SOLUTION: Jacqui commutes 30 mi to her job each day. She finds that if she drives 10 mi/h faster, it takes her 6 min less to get to work. Find her new speed.
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Question 881211: Jacqui commutes 30 mi to her job each day. She finds that if she drives 10 mi/h faster, it takes her 6 min less to get to work. Find her new speed. Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Jacqui commutes 30 mi to her job each day.
She finds that if she drives 10 mi/h faster, it takes her 6 min less to get to work.
Find her new speed.]\
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let s = the new speed
then
(s-10) = the old speed
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Change 6 min to hrs (we're using mph) 6/60 = .1 hr
write a time equation; time = dist/speed
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Old speed time - new speed time = 6 min - = .1
multiply equation by s(s-10), cancel the denominators and you have:
30s - 30(s-10) = .1s(s-10)
30s - 30s + 300 = .1s^2 - s
Form a quadratic equation on the right
0 = .1s^2 - s - 300
we want s^2 have a coefficient of 1, mult eq by 10
s^2 - 10s - 3000 = 0
You can use the quadratic formula, but this will factor easily to
(s-60)(s+50) 0
The positive solution
s = 60 mph is the new speed
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Check this by finding the actual time for each
30/50 = .6 hrs
30/60 = .5 hrs
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Diff: .1 hrs which is 6 min
