Liam is pulled over for speeding just as he is arriving at work.He explains to the police officer that he could not afford to be late today, and has arrived at work only four minutes before he is to start. The officer explains that if Liam had driven 5mph slower for his whole commute, he would have arrived at work exactly on time. If Liam's commute is 20 miles long,how fast was he actually driving?(Assume that Liam drove at a constant speed for the duration of his commute.)	Select.
A) 50 mph  B) 45 mph  C) 48 mph  D) 52 mph  E) 40 mph
Let t be the number of hours he would need to reach office on time.   when he is driving with over speed, he reached office 4 min earlier! so the equation for this is s(t - 4/60) = 20   where s is the speed and 20 is the distance.   if he decreases his speed by 5mph then he would have reached his office on time: (s-5)t = 20   if you solve above equations, you will arrive at t = 2/3 hr and s = 40mph   therefore answer is 40 mph
<result>E</result>
Liam is pulled over for speeding just as he is arriving at work.He explains to the police officer that he could not afford to be late today, and has arrived at work only four minutes before he is to start. The officer explains that if Liam had driven 5mph slower for his whole commute, he would have arrived at work exactly on time. If Liam's commute is 20 miles long,how fast was he actually driving?(Assume that Liam drove at a constant speed for the duration of his commute.)