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A bus travels 300 km from Tema to Takoradi at a speed of (x+10) km/h and returns from Takoradi to Tema at a speed of (x-10) km/h. If the total journey took 8 hours, find the value of x.
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6 stepsDefine the variables and formulas.
Let be the distance, be the speed, and be the time. The relationship is .
The distance for each leg of the journey is km.
The speed from Tema to Takoradi is km/h.
The speed from Takoradi to Tema (return) is km/h.
The total time for the round trip is hours.Express the time for each leg of the journey.
Time taken to travel from Tema to Takoradi ():
Time taken to travel from Takoradi to Tema ():
Set up the equation for the total time.
The total time is the sum of the times for each leg:
Solve the equation for .
Multiply the entire equation by the common denominator to eliminate the fractions:
Expand the terms:
Rearrange the equation into a standard quadratic form :
Divide the entire equation by 8 to simplify:
Use the quadratic formula to find the values of .
The quadratic formula is .
For , we have , , and .Evaluate the possible values for .
Since , we have:
Speed cannot be negative. If , then , which is a negative speed. Therefore, is not a valid solution.
The valid value for is .The value of is .
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