2024 AIME I Problems/Problem 1
Problem
Every morning Aya goes for a 
-kilometer-long walk and stops at a coffee shop afterwards. When she walks at a constant speed of 
kilometers per hour, the walk takes her 4 hours, including 
minutes spent in the coffee shop. When she walks 
kilometers per hour, the walk takes her 2 hours and 24 minutes, including minutes spent in the coffee shop. Suppose Aya walks at 
kilometers per hour. Find the number of minutes the walk takes her, including the minutes spent in the coffee shop.
Solution 1
in hours and 
in hours.
Subtracting the second equation from the first, we get,
Multiplying by 
, we get
Multiplying by 5/2 on both sides, we get
Factoring gives us
, of which the solution we want is 
.
Substituting this back to the first equation, we can find that 
hours.
Lastly, 
kilometers per hour, so
hours, or 
minutes
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Solution 2
The amount of hours spent while walking on the first travel is 
. Thus, we have the equation 
, and by the same logic, the second equation yields 
. We have 
, and 
. We subtract the two equations to get 
, so we have 
, so 
, and now we have 
. The numerator of must evenly divide 540, however, must be less than 3. We can guess that 
. Now, 
. Taking 
, we find that it will take three hours for the 9 kilometers to be traveled. The t minutes spent at the coffee shop can be written as 
, so t = 24. 
. -sepehr2010
Video Solution
~Steven Chen (Professor Chen Education Palace, www.professorchenedu.com)
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