SOLUTION: Barb traveled 300 miles during the first 5 hours of her trip. Barb then traveled at a constant speed of 50 miles per hour for the remainder of the trip. Enter the function, f(h), w

Question 1027456: Barb traveled 300 miles during the first 5 hours of her trip. Barb then traveled at a constant speed of 50 miles per hour for the remainder of the trip. Enter the function, f(h), which describes he average speed during the entire speed as a function of time, h, in hours, Barb traveled after her first 300 miles.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = her time for the whole trip
= her time for the 2nd part of the trip
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Let = her distance in miles for 2nd part of the trip

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Her average speed for the whole trip is:
[ total distance ] / [ total time ]

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Maybe I read this wrong -get another opinion, too
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