1. **Problem statement:** Corey travels to the fitness centre on Saturday and Sunday with different average speeds and arrival times. We want to express the Sunday travel time in terms of $t$, the Saturday travel time, and then form an equation to find $t$.
2. **Given:**
- Saturday speed = 30 km/h = 0.5 km/min
- Sunday speed = 36 km/h = 0.6 km/min
- Saturday arrival: 2 minutes late
- Sunday arrival: 4 minutes early
- Saturday travel time = $t$ minutes
3. **(a) Expression for Sunday travel time:**
Since Corey was 2 minutes late on Saturday and 4 minutes early on Sunday, the difference in travel times is 6 minutes.
Therefore, Sunday travel time = $t - 6$ minutes.
4. **(b) Forming the equation:**
Distance travelled is the same both days.
Distance on Saturday = speed $\times$ time = $0.5t$ km
Distance on Sunday = $0.6(t - 6)$ km
Set equal:
$$0.5t = 0.6(t - 6)$$
5. **Solving the equation:**
$$0.5t = 0.6t - 3.6$$
Subtract $0.6t$ from both sides:
$$0.5t - 0.6t = -3.6$$
$$\cancel{0.5}t - \cancel{0.6}t = -3.6$$
$$-0.1t = -3.6$$
Divide both sides by $-0.1$:
$$t = \frac{-3.6}{-0.1} = 36$$
6. **Final answer:** Corey took $t = 36$ minutes to travel on Saturday.
Note: The user’s provided solution had $t=3.27$ which seems inconsistent with the units and problem context; the correct solution is $t=36$ minutes.
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