1) John can jog twice as fast as he can walk.

He was able to jog the first 5 miles to

his grandmother's house, but then he tired and walked the remaining 2 miles.
If the total trip took 0.9 hours, then what was his average jogging speed?

Solution

𝑫𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝑫𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆
Since 𝑺𝒑𝒆𝒆𝒅 = Then 𝑻𝒊𝒎𝒆 =
𝑻𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝑺𝒑𝒆𝒆𝒅

Let the Speed of Jogging be 𝑽𝑱 and the Speed of Walking be 𝑽𝑾

And the Distance of Jogging be 𝑫𝑱 and the Distance of Walking be 𝑫𝑾
𝑫𝑱 𝑫𝑾
Then 𝑻𝑱 = and 𝑻𝑾 =
𝑽𝑱 𝑽𝑾

So, from the Givens 𝑽𝑱 = 𝟐𝑽𝑾 and 𝑫𝑱 = 𝟓 𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒔 , 𝑫𝑾 = 𝟐 𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒔

And the Time for the whole Trip = 𝟎. 𝟗 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔
Since the Time for the Trip = Time of Jogging + Time of Walking
𝑫𝑱 𝑫𝑾
Then 𝟎. 𝟗 = +
𝑽𝑱 𝑽𝑾

Substitute by the givens

𝟓 𝟐
𝟎. 𝟗 = + 𝑽𝑱
𝑽𝑱
𝟐

Multiply both sides by 𝑽𝑱

𝟓 𝟐
𝟎. 𝟗 ∗ 𝑽𝑱 = 𝑽𝑱 ∗ + 𝑽𝑱 ∗ 𝑽𝑱
𝑽𝑱
𝟐

𝟎. 𝟗𝑽𝑱 = 𝟓 + 𝟒
𝟎. 𝟗𝑽𝑱 = 𝟗
𝟗
𝑽𝑱 = = 𝟏𝟎 𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒓
𝟎.𝟗

Average Jogging Speed = 𝟏𝟎 𝑴𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝑯𝒐𝒖𝒓

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2) A bus averages 2 miles per hour faster than a motorcycle. If the bus travels
165 miles in the same time it takes the motorcycle to travel 155 miles, then
what is the speed of each?

Solution

𝑫𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝑫𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆
Since 𝑺𝒑𝒆𝒆𝒅 = Then 𝑻𝒊𝒎𝒆 =
𝑻𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝑺𝒑𝒆𝒆𝒅

Let the Speed of Bus be 𝑽𝑩 and the Speed of Motorcycle be 𝑽𝑴

And the Distance of Bus be 𝑫𝑩 and the Distance of Motorcycle be 𝑫𝑴
𝑫𝑩 𝑫𝑴
Then 𝑻𝑩 = and 𝑻𝑴 =
𝑽𝑩 𝑽𝑴

So, from the Givens 𝑽𝑩 = 𝑽𝑴 + 𝟐 and 𝑫𝑩 = 𝟏𝟔𝟓 𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒔 , 𝑫𝑴 = 𝟏𝟓𝟓 𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒔

And the Time the Bus takes = the Time the Motorcycle takes
𝑻𝑩 = 𝑻𝑴
𝑫𝑩 𝑫𝑴
=
𝑽𝑩 𝑽𝑴

Substitute by the givens

𝟏𝟔𝟓 𝟏𝟓𝟓
=
𝑽𝑴 + 𝟐 𝑽𝑴

Multiply both sides by 𝑽𝑴 (𝑽𝑴 + 𝟐)

𝟏𝟔𝟓 𝟏𝟓𝟓
𝑽𝑴 ∗ (𝑽𝑴 + 𝟐) ∗ = 𝑽𝑴 ∗ (𝑽𝑴 + 𝟐) ∗
𝑽𝑴 +𝟐 𝑽𝑴

𝟏𝟔𝟓𝑽𝑴 = 𝟏𝟓𝟓(𝑽𝑴 + 𝟐)
𝟏𝟔𝟓𝑽𝑴 = 𝟏𝟓𝟓𝑽𝑴 + 𝟑𝟏𝟎
𝟏𝟔𝟓𝑽𝑴 − 𝟏𝟓𝟓𝑽𝑴 = 𝟑𝟏𝟎
𝟏𝟎𝑽𝑴 = 𝟑𝟏𝟎
𝟑𝟏𝟎
𝑽𝑴 = = 𝟑𝟏
𝟏𝟎

Since 𝑽𝑩 = 𝑽𝑴 + 𝟐 = 𝟑𝟏 + 𝟐 = 𝟑𝟑
Speed of Bus = 𝟑𝟑 𝑴𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝑯𝒐𝒖𝒓
Speed of Motorcycle = 𝟑𝟏 𝑴𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝑯𝒐𝒖𝒓

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3) Jane can paint the office by herself in 7 hours. Working with an associate, she
can paint the office in 3 hours. How long would it take her associate to do it
working alone?

Solution

Let the Office Area be 𝒙

Since Jane can paint the Office Area in 7 hours
𝟏
So, she can finish of the Office Area in 1 hour
𝟕
𝟑
And she can finish of the Office Area in 3 hours
𝟕
𝟑
Jane finish 𝒙 in 3 hours
𝟕

Since she and her associate can finish the Office Area Together in 3 hours
𝟑
So in this 3 hours, she would finish 𝒙 and the Remaining is
𝟕
𝟑 𝟒
𝒙 − 𝒙 = 𝒙 of the Office Area, This is the part done by her associate.
𝟕 𝟕
𝟒
So, her associate completes 𝒙 in 3 hours
𝟕
𝟒
𝒙 𝟒
𝟕
So, in 1 hour her associate can complete = 𝒙
𝟑 𝟐𝟏

So to determine the Time her associate take to complete all the Office alone
𝟒
𝒙 takes 1 hour
𝟐𝟏

𝒙 takes 𝒕 hour

𝟏∗𝒙 𝟐𝟏
𝒕= 𝟒 = = 𝟓. 𝟐𝟓 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒓
𝒙 𝟒
𝟐𝟏

Her Associate takes 𝟓. 𝟐𝟓 hour to complete all the Office alone

Which equal 𝟓 hours and 𝟏𝟓 minutes

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