SOLUTION: You and a friend share the driving on a 300 mile trip. Your friend drives for 3 hours at an average speed of 52 miles per hour. how fast must you drive for the remainder of the tri

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Question 703674: You and a friend share the driving on a 300 mile trip. Your friend drives for 3 hours at an average speed of 52 miles per hour. how fast must you drive for the remainder of the trip if you want to reach your hotel in 3 more hours. write a verbal model. assign labels to the parts of the verbal model. use the labels to translate the verbal model into an algebraic model. solve the algebraic model. answer question
Answer by nshah11(47) About Me  (Show Source):
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300 miles - (52 mph)(3 hours) = 144 miles remaining
If you want to reach the hotel in exactly 3 hours, then you must go:
(144 miles)/(3 hours) = 48 mph