SOLUTION: Dominique flew her light plane from Buffalo to Cleveland at an land one half the Dominique average speed of 150 km/h. She waited at Cleveland one half the time that she had been in

Question 1088222: Dominique flew her light plane from Buffalo to Cleveland at an land one half the Dominique average speed of 150 km/h. She waited at Cleveland one half the time that she had been in the air on her trip to Cleveland. Returning home, she took a route that was 60 km longer and flew at an average speed of 180 km/h. If the total trip took five hours, how long did she stay in Cleveland?
Answer by KMST(5328) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
= time Dominique waited at Cleveland (in hours)
= time in the air on her trip to Cleveland (in hours)
= distance flown on her trip to Cleveland (in km)
= distance flown on the return trip (in km)
= time in the air on the return trip (in hours)
Adding times,

Multiplying both sides of the equation times 3 to eliminate denominators,

Dominique waited at Cleveland for .
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