SOLUTION: in the morning May drove to an appointment at 50 mph. her average speed on the return trip in the afternoon was 40 mph. the return trip took 1/2 hour longer . how far did she trave

Question 916974: in the morning May drove to an appointment at 50 mph. her average speed on the return trip in the afternoon was 40 mph. the return trip took 1/2 hour longer . how far did she travel to the appointment
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
distance = x
Time to go there x/ 50
return time x/ 40
exrta time = 0.50 hour
x/ 40 - x/ 50 = 0.50

LCD = 7350 2000
multiply by LCD =
50 - 40 x 0.50 * 2000
10 x= 1000
/ 10
x= 100 miles

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