Chris went on a bike ride of 24 miles. He realized that if he had gone 8 mph faster, he would have arrived 4 hours sooner. How f

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a_sh-v [17]

3 years ago

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Chris went on a bike ride of 24 miles. He realized that if he had gone 8 mph faster, he would have arrived 4 hours sooner. How f

ast did he actually ride?

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UkoKoshka [18] · Answer 1 · 2022-03-29T21:45:48+03:00

UkoKoshka [18]3 years ago

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Total miles= rate x time

We can set up 2 eq:
24=(x+8)(y-4)
24=xy

Where x is equal to my original rate
and y is equal to the original time spent traveling the 2mi

We can now solve for one of the variables and find our rate