Problema Solution

A car covers a distance of 2592 km.The number of hours taken for the journey is one half the number representing the speed in km per hour.Find the time taken to cover the distance.

Answer provided by our tutors

Let the time taken be x.

Then the speed is 2x.

Speed = Distance/Time

Or, 2x =2592/x 

Or, 2x^2 = 2592

Or, x^2 = 2592/2 = 1296

x = sqrt(1296) = 36

Time taken = 36 hours

Speed = 2*36 = 72 km/h