SOLUTION: An aircraft carrier travels to Paris and back. It took three hours longer to go there than it did to come back. The average speed on the trip there was 16 mph. The average speed on

Question 1135455: An aircraft carrier travels to Paris and back. It took three hours longer to go there than it did to come back. The average speed on the trip there was 16 mph. The average speed on the way back was 26 mph. How long did the trip there take?
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, ikleyn:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

SPEED TIME DISTANCE GOING 16 x d RETURN 26 x-3 d DIFFERENCE 3

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about 7 hours 48 minutes
Answer by ikleyn(52800) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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An aircraft carrier travels to Paris and back. It took three hours longer to go there than it did to come back.
The average speed on the trip there was 16 mph. The average speed on the way back was 26 mph. How long did the trip there take?
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The condition has a FATAL error.

No aircraft carrier exists flying at average speed of 16 mph.

Even 3-rd grade student knows it . . .

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