SOLUTION: Xenxang drove 60 miles to visit his daughter. On the way to his daughter's house the trip took 1 hour and 15 minutes. On the way back from his daughter's house the trip took 1 hour

Question 212923: Xenxang drove 60 miles to visit his daughter. On the way to his daughter's house the trip took 1 hour and 15 minutes. On the way back from his daughter's house the trip took 1 hour and 30 minutes. Rounded to the nearest mile per hour, what was Xenxang's average speed for the round trip?
A. 48 miles per hour
B. 46 miles per hour
C. 40 miles per hour
D. 44 miles per hour
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Xenxang drove 60 miles to visit his daughter.
On the way to his daughter's house the trip took 1 hour and 15 minutes.
On the way back from his daughter's house the trip took 1 hour and 30 minutes.
Rounded to the nearest mile per hour, what was Xenxang's average speed for the round trip?
:
Average speed is total dist divided by total time (Change time to hrs)
= = 43.636 ~ 44 mph
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