SOLUTION: Annie drove to town at a rate of 64kph and returned at 80kph. How much time was taken for each direction if the total arriving time was 1 hour and 21 minutes?

Question 334053: Annie drove to town at a rate of 64kph and returned at 80kph. How much time was taken for each direction if the total arriving time was 1 hour and 21 minutes?
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let distance be x
..
to town 64 kph
time taken = x/64 hours
..
back 80 kph
time taken = x/80 hours
..
Total time taken = 1 hour 21 minutes
= 1 (21/60)
=81/60 hours

x= 48
to town time taken = 48/64
=3/4 hours
Balance 36 minutes to return = 0. 6 hours

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