A car covers a distance of 400 km at a certain speed. Had the speed been 12 km/h more, the time taken for the journey would have been 1 hour 40 minutes less. Find the original speed of the car.
A car covers a distance of 400 km at a certain speed. Had the speed been 12 km/h more, the time taken for the journey would have been 1 hour 40 minutes less. Find the original speed of the car.

We should accept x km/h to be the first speed of the vehicle.

We realize that,

Time = Distance/Speed

From the inquiry,

The time taken by the vehicle to finish 400 km = \[400/x\text{ }hrs\]

Presently, when the speed is expanded by 12 km.

Increased speed \[=\text{ }\left( x\text{ }+\text{ }12 \right)\text{ }km/h\]

What’s more, the new time taken by the vehicle to finish 400 km = \[400/\left( x\text{ }+\text{ }12 \right)\text{ }hrs\]

Along these lines, as per the inquiry we can compose

Concise Selina Solutions Class 10 Maths Chapter 6 ex. 6(C) - 4

\[4800\text{ }x\text{ }3\text{ }=\text{ }5x\left( x\text{ }+\text{ }12 \right)\]

\[5×2\text{ }+\text{ }60x\text{ }\text{ }14400\text{ }=\text{ }0\]

Isolating by 5 we get,

\[x2\text{ }+\text{ }12x\text{ }\text{ }2880\text{ }=\text{ }0\]

\[x2\text{ }+\text{ }60x\text{ }\text{ }48x\text{ }\text{ }2880\text{ }=\text{ }0\]

\[x\left( x\text{ }+\text{ }60 \right)\text{ }\text{ }48\left( x\text{ }+\text{ }60 \right)\text{ }=\text{ }0\]

\[\left( x\text{ }+\text{ }60 \right)\text{ }\left( x\text{ }\text{ }48 \right)\text{ }=\text{ }0\]

In this way, \[x\text{ }+\text{ }60\text{ }or\text{ }x\text{ }\text{ }48\]

\[x\text{ }=\text{ }-\text{ }60\text{ }or\text{ }48\]

As, speed can’t be negative.

\[x\text{ }=\text{ }48\] is just substantial

Accordingly, the speed of the vehicle is \[48\text{ }km/h.\]