SOLUTION: Caitlin drove from Greensville to Bluesburg at a speed of 50 mi/h. On the way back, she drove at 75 mi/h. The total trip took 7 1 h of driving time. Find the distance between these

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Question 1126326: Caitlin drove from Greensville to Bluesburg at a speed of 50 mi/h. On the way back, she drove at 75 mi/h. The total trip took 7 1 h of driving time. Find the distance between these two cities.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The total trip took 7 1 h of driving time.

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71 hours seems like too long a time. There is a space between the two digits. Not sure if this really was intended as 7 hours or 71 hours. Decide which is it, and here just a variable will be used for that total drive time, T. You will decide which to use, from there. 
                SPEEDS    TIMES     DISTANCE

G to B            50       d/50       d

B to G            75       d/75       d

TOTAL                       T


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My guess is that supposed to be T=7 and then .

Otherwise, if T=71, then .
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