SOLUTION: A car travels 200 miles from a suburb of New York to Boston at an average velocity of 50 miles per hour. It returns at an average velocity of 60 miles per hour. What was its averag

Question 961796: A car travels 200 miles from a suburb of New York to Boston at an average velocity of 50 miles per hour. It returns at an average velocity of 60 miles per hour. What was its average velocity over the entire trip?
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A car travels 200 miles from a suburb of New York to Boston at an average velocity of 50 miles per hour. It returns at an average velocity of 60 miles per hour. What was its average velocity over the entire trip?
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Round trip avg = 2*50*60/(50 + 60) = 6000/110
=~ 54.54... mi/hr
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