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Question 992759: Two trucks traveled from Town A to Town B which are 100km apart. One of the trucks travelled 10km/h faster than the other and arrived 45 minutes sooner. Find the time taken by the faster truck Answer by ikleyn(52855) (Show Source):
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Let x be the speed of the faster car, in kilometers per hour ().
Then the speed of the other car is (x-10) .
We have an equation
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(the ratios in the left sides are times for each car, time = ).
Now simplify and solve this equation. Multiply both sides by 4*x*(x-10).
