SOLUTION: If an ambulance drives to a distant hospital at 100 mph and then returns at at 60mph, what is the average speed of the round trip?

SOLUTION: If an ambulance drives to a distant hospital at 100 mph and then returns at at 60mph, what is the average speed of the round trip?

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Question 908722: If an ambulance drives to a distant hospital at 100 mph and then returns at at 60mph, what is the average speed of the round trip?
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If an ambulance drives to a distant hospital at 100 mph and then returns at at 60mph, what is the average speed of the round trip?
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RT avg = 2*100*60/(100+60)
= 75 mi/hr
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