SOLUTION: Joey drives from city A to city B at an average of 72 mph. Once he arrives at city B, he immediately turns around and heads back to city A. On the trip back to city A from city B,

Question 1008203: Joey drives from city A to city B at an average of 72 mph. Once he arrives at city B, he immediately turns around and heads back to city A. On the trip back to city A from city B, h has car troubles and drives an average speed of 48 mph. If the total round trip takes joey 5 hours, what is the distance between city A and city B?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

              rate      time     distance
AtoB          72        ()        d
BtoA          48        ()        d
Total                   5


              rate      time     distance
AtoB          72                d
BtoA          48                d
Total                   5


 

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