SOLUTION: you row upstream at 3 mph and return on the same route at 6 mph. what was your average speed in mph for the whole trip?
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Question 895946: you row upstream at 3 mph and return on the same route at 6 mph. what was your average speed in mph for the whole trip?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The distance doesn't matter, and can
be any number, so I'll say it is miles
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Going upstream:
hrs
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Going downstream:
hr
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Average speed is always:
( total distance ) / ( total time )
The average speed is 4 mi/hr
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