Relating increament of speed to time

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Aditya rides a bicycle from town P to town Q at a constant speed, denoted as x. If he increases his speed by 3 m/s, he arrives in town Q three times faster, implying his new speed is 3x. The discussion revolves around determining how much faster he would arrive if he increases his speed by 6 m/s. The participants are working through the mathematical relationships of speed, distance, and time to solve the problem. The conversation highlights the challenge of translating the speed increase into a time reduction factor.
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Aditya rides a bicycle from town P to town Q with a constant speed. If he increases his speed by 3 m/s, he will arrive to town Q three times faster. How many times faster will Aditya arrive to town Q, if he increases his speed by 6 m/s



s=\frac{d}{t}



Let his constant speed be x
x= d/t
Therefore x+3 = (d/t) +3
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Hi MoniMini! :smile:
MoniMini said:
Let his constant speed be x
x= d/t
Therefore x+3 = (d/t) +3

ok so far!

now translate "he will arrive to town Q three times faster" :wink:
 
tiny-tim said:
Hi MoniMini! :smile:


ok so far!

now translate "he will arrive to town Q three times faster" :wink:

Umm...That's the problem...I'm not being able to do that :(
 
if the new speed, x+3, is 3 times faster,

that means it must be 3x :wink:
 
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