SOLUTION: A man leaves his home and drives to the beach at an average speed of 50 mph and returns home at an average speed of 30 mph . if the round trip takes 2 hours , the distance from hom
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Question 280298: A man leaves his home and drives to the beach at an average speed of 50 mph and returns home at an average speed of 30 mph . if the round trip takes 2 hours , the distance from home to the beach is
A 100 miles b 40 miles c 37.5 miles d 33.3 miles e 10 miles
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the distance between home and beach be x
x/50 + x/30 = 2
30x+50x=3000
80x= 3000
x= 37.5 miles
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