SOLUTION: An aircraft carrier made a trip to Guam and
back. The trip there took three hours and
the trip back took four hours. It averaged 6
km/h on the return trip. Find the average
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Question 472649: An aircraft carrier made a trip to Guam and
back. The trip there took three hours and
the trip back took four hours. It averaged 6
km/h on the return trip. Find the average
speed of the trip there.
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
An aircraft carrier made a trip to Guam and back.
The trip there took three hours and the trip back took four hours.
It averaged 6 km/h on the return trip.
Find the average speed of the trip there.
:
let s = speed there
:
Write a distance equation; dist = speed * time
:
Dist there = dist back
3s = 4(6)
3s = 24
s =
s = 8 km/h, av speed there
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