# 3.5 Solve uniform motion applications  (Page 3/7)

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Carina is driving from her home in Anaheim to Berkeley on the same day her brother is driving from Berkeley to Anaheim, so they decide to meet for lunch along the way in Buttonwillow. The distance from Anaheim to Berkeley is 410 miles. It takes Carina 3 hours to get to Buttonwillow, while her brother drives 4 hours to get there. The average speed Carina’s brother drove was 15 miles per hour faster than Carina’s average speed. Find Carina’s and her brother’s average speeds.

Carina 50 mph, brother 65 mph

Ashley goes to college in Minneapolis, 234 miles from her home in Sioux Falls. She wants her parents to bring her more winter clothes, so they decide to meet at a restaurant on the road between Minneapolis and Sioux Falls. Ashley and her parents both drove 2 hours to the restaurant. Ashley’s average speed was seven miles per hour faster than her parents’ average speed. Find Ashley’s and her parents’ average speed.

parents 55 mph, Ashley 62 mph

As you read the next example, think about the relationship of the distances traveled. Which of the previous two examples is more similar to this situation?

Two truck drivers leave a rest area on the interstate at the same time. One truck travels east and the other one travels west. The truck traveling west travels at 70 mph and the truck traveling east has an average speed of 60 mph. How long will they travel before they are 325 miles apart?

## Solution

Step 1. Read the problem. Make sure all the words and ideas are understood.

• Draw a diagram to illustrate what it happening.

• Create a table to organize the information.

Step 2. Identify what we are looking for.

• We are asked to find the amount of time the trucks will travel until they are 325 miles apart.

Step 3. Name what we are looking for. Choose a variable to represent that quantity.

• We are looking for the time travelled. Both trucks will travel the same amount of time. Let’s call the time t . Since their speeds are different, they will travel different distances.
• Complete the chart.

Step 4. Translate into an equation.

• We need to find a relation between the distances in order to write an equation. Looking at the diagram, what is the relationship between the distance each of the trucks will travel?
• The distance traveled by the truck going west plus the distance travelled by the truck going east must add up to 325 miles. So we write:

Step 5. Solve the equation using good algebra techniques.

$\phantom{\rule{2.7em}{0ex}}\begin{array}{cccccc}\text{Now solve this equation.}\hfill & & & \hfill 70t+60t& =\hfill & 325\hfill \\ & & & \hfill 130t& =\hfill & 325\hfill \\ & & & \hfill t& =\hfill & 2.5\hfill \end{array}$

So it will take the trucks 2.5 hours to be 325 miles apart.

Step 6. Check the answer in the problem and make sure it makes sense.

$\begin{array}{cccccc}\text{Truck going West}\hfill & & & \text{70 mph (2.5 hours)}\hfill & =\hfill & \text{175 miles}\hfill \\ \text{Truck going East}\hfill & & & \text{60 mph (2.5 hours)}\hfill & =\hfill & \underset{\text{________}}{\text{150 miles}}\hfill \\ & & & & & \text{325 miles}\hfill \end{array}$

$\begin{array}{cccc}\mathbf{\text{Step 7. Answer}}\phantom{\rule{0.2em}{0ex}}\text{the question with a complete sentence.}\hfill & & & \text{It will take the trucks 2.5 hours to be 325 miles apart.}\hfill \end{array}$

Pierre and Monique leave their home in Portland at the same time. Pierre drives north on the turnpike at a speed of 75 miles per hour while Monique drives south at a speed of 68 miles per hour. How long will it take them to be 429 miles apart?

3 hours

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Orlando
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Orlando
p mulripied-5 and add 30 to it
Tausif
Tausif
Can you explain further
p mulripied-5 and add to 30
Tausif
-5p+30?
Corey
p=-5+30
Jacob
How do you find divisible numbers without a calculator?
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BAINAMA
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Sean took the bus from Seattle to Boise, a distance of 506 miles. If the trip took 7 2/3 hours, what was the speed of the bus?
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snigdha
How did you work it out?
Esther
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Orlando
hello, I have algebra phobia. Subtracting negative numbers always seem to get me confused.
what do you need help in?
Felix
Heather
look at the numbers if they have different signs, it's like subtracting....but you keep the sign of the largest number...
Felix
for example.... -19 + 7.... different signs...subtract.... 12 keep the sign of the "largest" number 19 is bigger than 7.... 19 has the negative sign... Therefore, -12 is your answer...
Felix
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Thanks Felix.l also get confused with signs.
Esther
Thank you for this
Shatey
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Graham
think about it like you lost $19 (-19), then found$7(+7). Totally you lost just $12 (-12) Annushka I used to struggle a lot with negative numbers and math in general what I typically do is look at it in terms of money I have -$5 in my account I then take out 5 more dollars how much do I have in my account well-\$10 ... I also for a long time would draw it out on a number line to visualize it
Meg
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Meg
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mustee
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Joseph
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Felix
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Ed