Tony drove to the mountains last weekend. There was heavy traffic on the way there, and the trip took hours. When Tony drove home, there was no traffic and the trip only took hours. If his average rate was miles per hour faster on the trip home, how far away does Tony live from the mountains? Do not do any rounding.

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Bronson Copeland

23 March, 18:16

Tony drove to the mountains last weekend. There was heavy traffic on the way there, and the trip took hours. When Tony drove home, there was no traffic and the trip only took hours. If his average rate was miles per hour faster on the trip home, how far away does Tony live from the mountains? Do not do any rounding.

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Aisha Gentry · Answer 1

Question not completed, so I analysed the question first

Tony drove to the mountains last weekend. there was heavy traffic on the way there, and the trip took 6 hours. when tony drove home, there was no traffic and the trip only took 4 hours. if his average rate was 22 miles per hour faster on the trip home, how far away does tony live from the mountains?

Explanation:

Let use variables to solve the problems

Let the first trip to be mountain take x hours

Let the trip back home take y hours

Let the speed to while going to the mountain be a miles/hour

Then, while going home it was b miles/hour faster than while going to the mountain.

Then, speed going home is (a+b) miles / hour

The formula for speed is given as

Speed=distance/time

The constant through out the journey is distance, the two journey has the same distance.

Then,

Distance = speed*time

For first journey going to the mountain

Distance = a*x=ax miles

For the second journey going home

Distance = y * (a+b)

Distance Mountain = distance home

ax=y (a+b)

Make a subject of the formula

ax=ya+yb

ax-ya=yb

a (x-y) = yb

a=yb / (x-y)

Therefore, distance from mountain is

Distance=speed * time

Distance = a*x=ax

Now, applying the questions

So from the questions

x=6hours, y=4hours

Also, b=22miles/hour

Then,

a=yb / (x-y)

a=4*22 / (6-4)

a=88/2

a=44miles/hour

Then, the house distance from the mountain is

Distance=ax

Distance = 44*6

Distance = 264miles

Isabela Ashley · Answer 2

480 miles.

Explanation:

Let, S = rate on his way to the mountains.

Assume, Sgoing x time going = Sreturning x time returning

= S * 12 hours = (S + 20mph) * 8 hours

= 12 * S = 8 * S + 160.

4 * S = 160

S = 40 miles/hour

The trip took 12 hours at 40 miles per hour, so distance was:

= 12 hours * 40 mph

= 480 miles.