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Two cars travel at the same speed to different destinations. car a reaches its destination in 17 minutes. car b reaches its destination in 32 minutes. car b travels 12 miles farther than car a. how fast do the cars travel?

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Answer from: Shadow0202

You can use the fact that both the cars were travelling at the same speed so we can take them equal to some variable.

The speed of the cars was 0.8 miles per hour

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How to find the speed of the cars?

Supposing that both the cars were travelling with the speed $x \: \rm \text{miles/hour}$

Let the first car travels d_1 miles

then as second car travels 12 miles extra, thus, distance traveled by second car is d_2 = d_1 + 12 miles.

Using the formula for speed, we have:

$Speed = \dfrac{\text{Distance traveled}}{\text{Time taken}}$

For first car:

Distance traveled = d_1 miles

Speed = $x \: \rm miles$

Time taken = $17 \: \rm minutes$

Thus,

$x = \dfrac{d_1}{17} \: \rm miles/hour$

For second car:

Distance traveled = d_2 = d_1 + 12 miles

Speed = $x \: \rm miles$

Time taken = $32 \: \rm minutes$

Thus,

$x = \dfrac{d_1 + 12}{32} \: \rm miles/hour$

So, we got system of 2 linear equations in two variables.

Using the expression for x from first equation and substituting it in second equation, we get

$x = \dfrac{d_1 + 12}{32}\\\\\dfrac{d_1}{17} = \dfrac{d_1 + 12}{32}\\\\\dfrac{32}{17}d_1 - d_1 = 12\\\\d_1 = \dfrac{12 \times 17}{15} = \dfrac{68}{5} = 13.6 \: \rm miles$

Substituting this value in first equation to get the value of x

$x = \dfrac{d_1}{17}\\\\x = \dfrac{13.6}{17} = 0.8 \: \rm miles/hour$

Thus,

The speed of the cars was 0.8 miles per hour

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Answer from: laura1649

speed of car A =Speed of car B=0.8 miles/minutes.

Step-by-step explanation:

We are given that speed of car A is equal to speed of car B.

Also let car A travels x miles.

and car B travels y miles.

Car A reaches its destination in 17 minutes.

this means that speed of car A is given by: $\dfrac{x}{17}$ miles/minutes ( since speed is defined as the ratio of distance and time).

Car B reaches its destination in 32 minutes.

This means that the speed of car B is given by: $\dfrac{y}{32}$ miles/minutes

as speed of both cars are equal this means:

$\dfrac{x}{17}=\dfrac{y}{32}$ ------(1)

Also we are given Car B travels 12 miles farther than Car A.

this means y-x=12

y=12+x ------(2)

on using equation (1) and (2) we have:

$\dfrac{x}{17}=\dfrac{12+x}{32}\\ \\32x=17(12+x)\\\\32x=17\times12+17x\\\\32x-17x=17\times12\\\\15x=122\times17\\\\x=13.6$

Hence the speed of car A is 0.8 miles/minutes ( since x/17 is the speed of car A)

Speed of car B=0.8 miles/minutes.

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