person(1) traveled by vehicle(1) at an average speed of SPEED1 miles per hour.
Then, he traveled by vehicle(2) at an average speed of SPEED2 miles per hour.
Then, she traveled by vehicle(2) at an average speed of SPEED2 miles per hour.
In total, he traveled DIST miles for TIME hour.In total, he traveled DIST miles for TIME hours.
In total, she traveled DIST miles for TIME hour.In total, she traveled DIST miles for TIME hours.
How many miles did person(1) travel by vehicle(1)? (Round to the nearest mile.)
round(DIST1) miles
So he traveled SPEED1 \times
\frac{T1[0]}{T1[1]}
T1[0]
\approx round(DIST1) miles by vehicle(1).
So she traveled SPEED1 \times
\frac{T1[0]}{T1[1]}
T1[0]
\approx round(DIST1) miles by vehicle(1).
How many miles did person(1) travel by vehicle(2)? (Round to the nearest mile.)
round(DIST2) miles
He traveled by vehicle(2) for TIME -
\frac{T1[0]}{T1[1]}
T1[0]
= \frac{T2[0]}{T2[1]} hours.
She traveled by vehicle(2) for TIME -
\frac{T1[0]}{T1[1]}
T1[0]
= \frac{T2[0]}{T2[1]} hours.
So he traveled SPEED2 \times
\frac{T2[0]}{T2[1]}
T2[0]
\approx round(DIST2) miles by vehicle(2).
So she traveled SPEED2 \times
\frac{T2[0]}{T2[1]}
T2[0]
\approx round(DIST2) miles by vehicle(2).
How many minutes did person(1) travel by vehicle(1)? (Round to the nearest minute.)
round(T1[0] / T1[1] * 60) minutes
\frac{T1[0]}{T1[1]}
T1[0]
\times \space 60 = round(T1[0] / T1[1] * 60) minutes.
How many minutes did person(1) travel by vehicle(2)? (Round to the nearest minute.)
round(T2[0] / T2[1] * 60) minutes
So he traveled by vehicle(2) for TIME -
\frac{T1[0]}{T1[1]}
T1[0] hours
So she traveled by vehicle(2) for TIME -
\frac{T1[0]}{T1[1]}
T1[0] hours
\frac{T2[0]}{T2[1]} \times 60 = round(T2[0] / T2[1] * 60) minutes.
Remember that \text{DISTANCE_TEXT} = \text{SPEED_TEXT} \times \text{TIME_TEXT}.
Call the time that person(1) traveled by vehicle(1), t.
Therefore the time person(1) traveled by vehicle(2) was
TIME - t hours.
person(1) traveled at SPEED1 \frac{ \text{MILES_TEXT} }{ \text{HOUR_TEXT} } for
t hours by vehicle(1).
SPEED1t miles by vehicle(1).SPEED1t miles by vehicle(1).person(1) traveled at SPEED2 \frac{ \text{MILES_TEXT} }{ \text{HOUR_TEXT} } for
TIME - t hours by vehicle(2).
SPEED2
(TIME - t) miles by vehicle(2).SPEED2
(TIME - t) miles by vehicle(2).The total distance person(1) traveled was SPEED1t
+ SPEED2(TIME - t) miles.
SPEED1t + SPEED2(TIME - t) = DIST
SPEED1t + SPEED2 * TIME - SPEED2t = DIST
SPEED1 - SPEED2t = DIST - SPEED2 * TIME
SPEED2 * TIME - DIST = SPEED2 - SPEED1t
Therefore, person(1) traveled by vehicle(1) for
\frac{T1[0]}{T1[1]}
T1[0] hours.