1956 AHSME Problems/Problem 22
Problem 22
Jones covered a distance of miles on his first trip. On a later trip he traveled miles while going three times as fast. His new time compared with the old time was:
Solution
WLOG Jones travels at miles per hour. Then, it took him hour to travel miles at miles per hour.
On his second trip, he travels miles at miles per hour, which takes time as before.
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