SOLUTION: alex hauled a load of pipe from fairbanks to deadhorse on a highway in a record time of 13 hours 15 minutes.From fairbanks to coldfoot he averaged 30 mph. Because of a blizzard ,he

Question 1054546: alex hauled a load of pipe from fairbanks to deadhorse on a highway in a record time of 13 hours 15 minutes.From fairbanks to coldfoot he averaged 30 mph. Because of a blizzard ,he averaged 10 mph less from coldfoot to deadhorse. If coldfoot is the halfway point ,then what is the distance from fairbanks to coldoot?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

                           SPEED         TIME           DISTANCE

Fairbanks to Coldfoot      30             x               d

Coldfoot to Deadhorse      20             y               d

TOTAL

Further thinking should or can give you this:

                           SPEED         TIME           DISTANCE

Fairbanks to Coldfoot      30                         d

Coldfoot to Deadhorse      20                            d

TOTAL

One very obvious sum equation:

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