SOLUTION: Jessie recently drove to visit her parents who live 540 miles away. On her way there her average speed was 9 miles per hour faster than on her way home (she ran into some bad weath

Question 963356: Jessie recently drove to visit her parents who live 540 miles away. On her way there her average speed was 9 miles per hour faster than on her way home (she ran into some bad weather). If Jessie spent a total of 27 hours driving, find the two rates.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The distance is the same.

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Only the positive solution makes sense in this problem.

Then,

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