SOLUTION: Rashard drives 100 mi from Detroit to Lansing, and later drives 90 mi more from Lansing to Grand Rapids. The trip from Lansing to Grand Rapids takes him a half hour less than the d
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Question 539007: Rashard drives 100 mi from Detroit to Lansing, and later drives 90 mi more from Lansing to Grand Rapids. The trip from Lansing to Grand Rapids takes him a half hour less than the drive from Detroit to Lansing. What is his driving average speed if it is the same on both parts of the trip?
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Rashard drives 100 mi from Detroit to Lansing, and later drives 90 mi more from Lansing to Grand Rapids.
The trip from Lansing to Grand Rapids takes him a half hour less than the drive from Detroit to Lansing.
What is his driving average speed if it is the same on both parts of the trip?
:
Let t = time from Det to Lan
then
(t-.5) = time from Lan to G.R.
:
Write a speed equation, speed = dist/time
Speed was the same on both trips
:
=
cross multiply
100(t-.5) = 90t
100t - 50 = 90t
100t - 90t = 50
10t = 50
t = 50/10
t = 5 hrs to Lansing
Find the speed
100/5 = 20 mph was his average speed
check the speed
90/4.5 = 20 mph
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