SOLUTION: Noya drives into the city for a show. Because of traffic, she averages only 15mph. On her drive home she averages 35mph. If her total time s 2 hours, how long does it take her to d

Question 55559: Noya drives into the city for a show. Because of traffic, she averages only 15mph. On her drive home she averages 35mph. If her total time s 2 hours, how long does it take her to drive into the city?
Answer by Hook(36) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let's call the amount of time that it takes Noya to drive into the city.
If she spent two hours total driving, then the amount of time driving home must then be .
We know that . Assuming Noya's house hasn't moved since she was at work, her drive to and from work should be the same distance.
How far did she drive to work?

so
How far is home?

Set them equal:

And solve for t (I'll let you do that part).
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