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Question 1166111: An executive drove from home at an average speed of 40 mph to an airport where a helicopter was waiting. The executive boarded the helicopter and flew to the corporate offices at an average speed of 80 mph. The entire distance was 200 mi. The entire trip took 4h. Find the distance from the airport to the corporate offices.
Answer by math_helper(2461)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

From the total distance:
miles
From the total time:
hrs
You can solve these easily enough to get and and
then use to get the distance from the airport to the corporate offices.
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