Kevin takes T minutes to travel to work. Jane travels the same distance to work but goes 10% faster than Kevin. Find an expression, in terms of T, for the number of minutes that Jane takes to travel to work.

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Elianna

Mathematics

24 January, 14:23

Kevin takes T minutes to travel to work. Jane travels the same distance to work but goes 10% faster than Kevin. Find an expression, in terms of T, for the number of minutes that Jane takes to travel to work.

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Mila Cowan · Answer 1

Mila Cowan 24 January, 14:45

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Time jane takes: T + 10T/100

Darion Ingram · Answer 2

Let Kelvin speed be s units per minute.

than Janes speed 1.1s units per minute.

time taken by kelvin for d unit distance = T = d/s

time taken by jane for d unit distance = T J = d/1.1/s

T J = d/1.1/s = d/s 1.1

Time of jane = T/1.1 = 0.91 T