SOLUTION: You travel up a hill at 10mph. You travel down the hill at 30mph. What was your average speed?

SOLUTION: You travel up a hill at 10mph. You travel down the hill at 30mph. What was your average speed?

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Question 728685: You travel up a hill at 10mph. You travel down the hill at 30mph. What was your average speed?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Average speed is ( total distance ) /( total time )
Going up:

Going down:

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The average speed is 15 mi/hr

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