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Mark made a business trip of 203.5 miles. He averaged 61mph for the first part of the trip and 57mph for the second part. If th
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Question 709523: I am struggling to set up and solve this problem:
Mark made a business trip of 203.5 miles. He averaged 61mph for the first part of the trip and 57mph for the second part. If the trip took 3.5 hours, how did he travel at each rate?
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a business trip of
averaged for the first part
and for the second part
the trip took
......eq. 1
for the first part
for the first part
.............eq. 2
......eq. 1a
.............eq. 2a
...substitute
.....solve for
then ...=>...
go back to and solve for
do same with
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