SOLUTION: mr.may traveled from home to New York by a car with 15 mph speed. While he was driving, his girlfriend called him to go back home. He suddenly drove back home with 25 mph speed. If

Question 251488: mr.may traveled from home to New York by a car with 15 mph speed. While he was driving, his girlfriend called him to go back home. He suddenly drove back home with 25 mph speed. If this round-trip took 32 minutes. What is the average speed he drove for the round-trip?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
mr.may traveled from home to New York by a car with 15 mph speed. While he was driving, his girlfriend called him to go back home. He suddenly drove back home with 25 mph speed. If this round-trip took 32 minutes. What is the average speed he drove for the round-trip?
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Going DATA:
rate = 15 mph ; distance = x miles ; time = x/15 hrs
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Returning DATA:
rate = 25 mph ; distance = x miles ; time = x/25 hrs
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Equation:
time + time = 32/60 hrs
x/15 + x/25 = 32/60
x/15 + x/25 = 16/30
Multiply thru by 150 to get:
10x + 6x = 80
15x = 80
x = 5 miles
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Average speed = total distance / total time
Ave speed = 10 miles/(32/60)hr = 600/32 = 18.75 mph
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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