SOLUTION: a takes a trip which entails travelling 900 Mile by train at 60 miles per hour 300 miles by boat at 25 miles per hour 400 Mile by plane at 350 miles per hour and 15 Mile by taxi at

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Question 1134735: a takes a trip which entails travelling 900 Mile by train at 60 miles per hour 300 miles by boat at 25 miles per hour 400 Mile by plane at 350 miles per hour and 15 Mile by taxi at 25 miles per hour what is the average for the entire journey?
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Answer by mathsolverplus(88)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Total distance traveled:
900 miles + 300 miles + 400 miles + 15 miles
=1615 miles
Total time it took:


Average speed for the entire journey:


(Rounded to nearest tenth)


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Answer by josgarithmetic(39617)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
          SPEED     TIME           DISTANCE

train        60     900/60           900

boat         25     300/25           300

plane       350     400/350           400

taxi         25      15/25           15

TOTALS

TIME





DISTANCE(miles)



AVERAGE SPEED


about 56.2 miles per hour
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