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While driving from Corvallis to Portland, Matt obeys the speed limit.
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While driving from Corvallis to Portland, Matt obeys the speed limit. Matt’s friend Vadim likes to drive faster than the speed limit and believes that he could leave well after Matt and still reach Portland first. The distance from Corvallis to Portland is 81 miles and both Matt and Vadim travel the same route at their respective constant speeds. If Matt travels at a constant speed of 36 mph and leaves 90 minutes before Vadim, what is the minimum constant speed that Vadim must exceed in order to arrive in Portland before Matt?
A. 72 mph B. 81 mph C. 96 mph D. 108 mph E. 162 mph
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ans D 108mph.. matt covers dist in 81*60/36=135 min.. however vadim has only 135-90 min to reach at the same point.. so vadim's speed should just exceed 81/45*60=108mph
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Bunuel wrote:
While driving from Corvallis to Portland, Matt obeys the speed limit. Matt’s friend Vadim likes to drive faster than the speed limit and believes that he could leave well after Matt and still reach Portland first. The distance from Corvallis to Portland is 81 miles and both Matt and Vadim travel the same route at their respective constant speeds. If Matt travels at a constant speed of 36 mph and leaves 90 minutes before Vadim, what is the minimum constant speed that Vadim must exceed in order to arrive in Portland before Matt?
A. 72 mph B. 81 mph C. 96 mph D. 108 mph E. 162 mph
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Matt's time = 81/36 = 9/4 hrs. Therefore, Vadim's time is 9/4-90 mins = 3/4 hrs. Let Vadim's speed be S.
Distance is constant, which we can set as equal. Therefore, 36*9/4=3/4*S. S=108. Answer D.
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Bunuel wrote:
While driving from Corvallis to Portland, Matt obeys the speed limit. Matt’s friend Vadim likes to drive faster than the speed limit and believes that he could leave well after Matt and still reach Portland first. The distance from Corvallis to Portland is 81 miles and both Matt and Vadim travel the same route at their respective constant speeds. If Matt travels at a constant speed of 36 mph and leaves 90 minutes before Vadim, what is the minimum constant speed that Vadim must exceed in order to arrive in Portland before Matt?
A. 72 mph B. 81 mph C. 96 mph D. 108 mph E. 162 mph
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I too get V's speed to be 108. Since matt travels for 81/36 hours, and V leaves 90 mins or 1.5 hours after him, V travels for (81/36-1.5) hrs. So his speed is 81/(81/36-1.5) which comes to 108.
But here is where I got confused. The questin asked is what is the minimum speed V must "exceed" to arrive... Is this exceed the speed limit (which is matt's speed =36) or just exceed speed x to arrive? If you interpret it as exceed speed limit then answer comes to A = 72mph. If not then 108mph.
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Bunuel wrote:
While driving from Corvallis to Portland, Matt obeys the speed limit. Matt’s friend Vadim likes to drive faster than the speed limit and believes that he could leave well after Matt and still reach Portland first. The distance from Corvallis to Portland is 81 miles and both Matt and Vadim travel the same route at their respective constant speeds. If Matt travels at a constant speed of 36 mph and leaves 90 minutes before Vadim, what is the minimum constant speed that Vadim must exceed in order to arrive in Portland before Matt?
A. 72 mph B. 81 mph C. 96 mph D. 108 mph E. 162 mph
Start by determining how long it will take Matt to drive from Corvallis to Portland. D = RT, D = 81, and Matt’s R = 36, so 81 = 36T. Isolating T yields T = 81/36, or 9/4, or 2 ¼, or 2 hours and 15 minutes. This means that 90 minutes into the trip, Matt will be 45 minutes (or ¾ of an hour) from Portland. At this point we have a race: in order to beat Matt to Portland, Vadim needs to travel 81 miles in under ¾ of an hour. To find the minimum acceptable speed, return to D = RT. Vadim’s D = 81, his T = ¾, so 81 = R(¾). R = 108 and Vadim must exceed 108mph in order to arrive in Portland first.
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Bunuel wrote:
While driving from Corvallis to Portland, Matt obeys the speed limit. Matt’s friend Vadim likes to drive faster than the speed limit and believes that he could leave well after Matt and still reach Portland first. The distance from Corvallis to Portland is 81 miles and both Matt and Vadim travel the same route at their respective constant speeds. If Matt travels at a constant speed of 36 mph and leaves 90 minutes before Vadim, what is the minimum constant speed that Vadim must exceed in order to arrive in Portland before Matt?
A. 72 mph B. 81 mph C. 96 mph D. 108 mph E. 162 mph
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Speed of Matt = 36 mph Speed of Vadiim = v
Now Matt Leaves 90 minutes before vadim. So, during this time Matt travels 36*90/60 = 54 Miles The distance left to reach Portland = 81 - 54 = 27 miles
At this time Vadim starts travelling and he has to travel atleast 81 miles during the time Matt travels next 27 miles So, 27/81 = 36/v -> v = 108 So if vadim has a speed just greater than 108 he will reach before matt....
So, vadim must exceed 108 mph in order to arrive in Portland before Matt
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Bunuel wrote:
While driving from Corvallis to Portland, Matt obeys the speed limit. Matt’s friend Vadim likes to drive faster than the speed limit and believes that he could leave well after Matt and still reach Portland first. The distance from Corvallis to Portland is 81 miles and both Matt and Vadim travel the same route at their respective constant speeds. If Matt travels at a constant speed of 36 mph and leaves 90 minutes before Vadim, what is the minimum constant speed that Vadim must exceed in order to arrive in Portland before Matt?
A. 72 mph B. 81 mph C. 96 mph D. 108 mph E. 162 mph
We are given that Matt travels at a rate of 36 mph and leaves 90 minutes, or 1.5 hours, before Vadim. We can let Vadim’s time = t, so Matt’s time = t + 1.5. Since rate x time = distance, we can create the following equation and solve for t:
36(t + 1.5) = 81
36t + 54 = 81
36t = 27
t = 27/36 = ¾
So, we know Vadim must reach Portland in ¾ of an hour or less. Since rate = distance/time, his minimum speed is 81/(¾) = 81 x 4/3 = 108 mph.
Answer: D
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