SOLUTION: If a car travels 1 mile at 30mph and then travels another mile at 60mph what is the average speed?....is the answer 40mph or 45mph?. Thank you

Question 1057615: If a car travels 1 mile at 30mph and then travels another mile at 60mph what is the average speed?....is the answer 40mph or 45mph?. Thank you
Found 2 solutions by rothauserc, josmiceli:
Answer by rothauserc(4718) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Using rate * time = distance, we have two formulas
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1) t1 = 1/30
2) t2 = 1/60
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total time t = 1 * ( 1/30 + 1/60 )
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average speed = (2 * 1) / ( 1 * ( 1/30 + 1/60 ) ) = 2 / ( 1/30 + 1/60 ) = 40 mph
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Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Average speed is always
[ total distance traveled ] / [ total time spent traveling ]
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hr
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hr
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Average speed =

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The average speed is 40 mi/hr

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