SOLUTION: if i take a trip to michigan traveling 50 miles per hour and on the way back taking the same route travel 60 miles per hour how many miles would i have traveled to michigan if the

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Question 40210: if i take a trip to michigan traveling 50 miles per hour and on the way back taking the same route travel 60 miles per hour how many miles would i have traveled to michigan if the round trip took 10 hours?
Answer by Paul(988) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x be the distance:
EQUATION:
x%2F50%2Bx%2F60=10
3000%28x%2F50%29%2B300%28x%2F60%29=3000%2810%2F1%29
60x+50x=30000
110x=30000
x=272.7 (rounded)
Hence, you have travelled 272.7 miles.
Paul.