pascal has 96 miles remaining to complete his cycling trip . if he reduced his current speed by 4 miles per hour , the remainder of the trip would take him 16 hours longer than it would if he increased his speed by 50 % . what is his current speed z ?
"let the current speed be x miles per hour . time taken if speed is 50 % faster ( i . e . 3 x / 2 = 1.5 x ) = 96 / 1.5 x time taken if speed is reduced by 4 miles / hr ( i . e . ( x - 4 ) ) = 96 / ( x - 4 ) as per question , 96 / ( x - 4 ) - 96 / 1.5 x = 16 solving this z we get x = 8 . b ."
divide(add(divide(96, 16), sqrt(add(multiply(multiply(divide(divide(96, 16), add(const_1, divide(50, const_100))), 4), 4), power(divide(96, 16), const_2)))), const_2)