SOLUTION: Manuel traveled 8 hours nonstop to​ Mexico, a total of 352 miles. He took a train part of the​ way, which averaged 6060​mph, and then took a bus the remaining&#8

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Question 1070540: Manuel traveled 8 hours nonstop to​ Mexico, a total of 352 miles. He took a train part of the​ way, which averaged 6060​mph, and then took a bus the remaining​ distance, which averaged 40mph. How long was Manuel on the​ train?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
              SPEED      TIME     DISTANCE
TRAIN       *  6060        t         6060t
BUS            40        8-t       40(8-t)
Totals                    8          352

Using variable t for the question asked, time on the train, just the distance sum should give the necessary equation:



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------, or 19 seconds.

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* Maybe a value in the problem description is wrong? Maybe "60" mph was intended instead of 6060 mph? In that case,




or 1.6 hours , or 1 hour 36 minutes
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