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Pascal has 96 miles remaining to complete his cycling trip. If he reduced his current speed by 4 miles per hour, the remainder o

f the trip would take him 16 hours longer than it would if he increased his speed by 50%. What is his current speed?

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Verdich [7]3 years ago

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Answer:

V = 20 miles /sec

Explanation:

We have remaining distance = d = 96 miles

Lets call Pascal velocity V in miles per hour

Now if he increases his velocity by 50 % (equivalent to multiply by 1.5 ) he will need a time t₁ to arrive then as V = d/t

1.5* V = d/ t₁ ⇒ 1.5 * V = 96 /t₁

And in the case of reducing his velocity

(V / 4) = d/ (t₁ + 16 ) ⇒ V * (t₁ + 16 ) = 4*d ⇒ V*t₁ + 16*V = 384

So we a 2 equation system with two uknown variables

1.5*V = 96/t₁ (1)

V*t₁ + 16*V = 384 (2)

We solve from equation (1) t₁ = 64/V

And by substitution in equation (2)

V * (64/V) + 16* V = 384

64 + 16 *V = 384 ⇒ 16*V = 320 ⇒ V= 320/16

V = 20 miles /sec

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