SOLUTION: On Monday Katie rode her motorcycle m miles in 8 hours. On the Tuesday, she rode 3 times as far in 11 hours. If her average speed for the two days was 52 mi/h, how far did she ride

Question 690704: On Monday Katie rode her motorcycle m miles in 8 hours. On the Tuesday, she rode 3 times as far in 11 hours. If her average speed for the two days was 52 mi/h, how far did she ride on Monday?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Average speed is always ( total distance traveled ) / ( time to travel that distance )

She rode 247 miles on Monday
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Note that the average speed for the 2 days
is NOT the average of the speeds for each day
For monday:
speed =
For tuesday:
speed =
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The average of these 2 speeds is

Multiply both sides by

You get a different answer which is the wrong answer

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