1956 AHSME Problems/Problem 22
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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.
~coolmath34
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