Mathematics

Mathematics

Problem

A bus covers a journey of 200 km200\text{ km} at a constant speed of x km h−1x\text{ km h}^{-1}. Had the speed been increased by 10 km h−110\text{ km h}^{-1}, the same journey would have taken 11 hour less. a. (i) Construct a quadratic equation in xx representing the above information. b. (ii) Solve the equation and find the original speed of the bus.

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