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# What was Marla's travel time from Minneapolis to Baltimore?

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22 Jan 2018, 01:23
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What was Marla's travel time from Minneapolis to Baltimore?

(1) If Marla's average speed during the nonstop trip had been 12 miles per hour faster her time would have been 3 hours fewer than it was.
(2) If Marla's average speed had been 1.5 times as fast the trip would have taken 12 hours.

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22 Jan 2018, 10:07
Bunuel wrote:
What was Marla's travel time from Minneapolis to Baltimore?

(1) If Marla's average speed during the nonstop trip had been 12 miles per hour faster her time would have been 3 hours fewer than it was.
(2) If Marla's average speed had been 1.5 times as fast the trip would have taken 12 hours.

let the distance between the two places be $$d$$ and average speed be v. we need the value $$\frac{d}{v}$$

Statement 1: if the average speed is $$v$$, then we have $$\frac{d}{v}-\frac{d}{(v+12)}=3$$

we need to find $$\frac{d}{v}$$, but there are two variable and one equation. Hence value cannot be found. Insufficient

Statement 2: if the original average speed is $$v$$ then the new speed$$=1.5v$$

hence time taken $$\frac{d}{1.5v}=12 =>\frac{d}{v}=12*1.5$$. Sufficient

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22 Jan 2018, 10:14
St1: d = st --- (1)
d = (s + 12)(t - 3) --- (2)
st = (s + 12)(t - 3)
Not sufficient to calculate t as we have 2 unknowns.

St2: d = st
d = (3/2)s * 12
t = 18 hours
Sufficient

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