SOLUTION: A truck travels 320 km to a delivery point, unloads, and, now empty, returns to the starting point at a speed 8.00 km/h greater than on the outward trip. What was the speed of the

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Question 1074530: A truck travels 320 km to a delivery point, unloads, and, now empty, returns to the starting point at a speed 8.00 km/h greater than on the outward trip. What was the speed of the outward trip if the total round-trip driving time was 13.4 h? Keep three significant digits.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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Outbound 320%2Fr
Return 320%2F%28r%2B8%29


total time highlight%28320%2Fr%2B320%2F%28r%2B8%29=13.4%29
Solve for r.