SOLUTION: dylan drove to the beach which is36 kilometers away at 48 kph he drive home the next day at 60 kph how many hours did he spend driving? How do I set this up????

Question 227076: dylan drove to the beach which is36 kilometers away at 48 kph he drive home the next day at 60 kph how many hours did he spend driving?
How do I set this up????
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You need 2 equations: 1 for going to the beach,
and one for returning

given:
km
km/hr
km/hr
---------------------
I can now rewrite the equations

This is 2 equations and 2 unknowns, so I can solve

and

Note that
hr x min/hr = min
and
hr x min/hr = min
min
min
and

He spent 1 hour and 21 min driving
check answer:

and

OK
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