A person drove 30 miles per hour on a trip. If he had driven 40 miles per hour, he would have arrived 4 hours earlier. What was the distance the person drove?

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Meng Lu · Answer 1 · 2023-02-02T10:49:05+0000

30 miles/hour * x hours= 40 miles/hour * (x-4) hours
Distribute the 40, so you get
30x=40x-160
Subtract 40x from both sides
-10x=-160
Divide both sides by -10
x=16
They drove 16 miles

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