Question

A tourist calculated that if he walks to the railroad station with a speed of 4mph, he'll miss the train by half an hour, but if he walks with a speed of 5 mph, he'll reach the station 6 min before the departure of the train. What distance does the tourist have to cover?

Answer 1

Remember that rate times time = distance.
They have given us two different expressions for the distance tp the train station?
The first one is 4(x+.5)
Can you figure out the second one?

Answer 2

5(x-0.1) @Mertsj

Answer 3

Yes. And those two distances must be equal

Answer 4

5(x-0.1) = 4(x+0.5)
5x-0.5 = 4x + 2
x = 2.5

Answer 5

You are very smart!!

Answer 6

@Mertsj Thanks Mr.Genius!

Answer 7

yw

Answer 8

:)

Answer 9

ask another one!!