document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=526330>Question 526330</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> On an automobile trip, a traveler drives at a speed of 55 mph for 2 hours and then stops for 30 minutes to rest. He then repeats this behavior over and over again.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What is the traveler's average velocity?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How long will it take to complete a 600 mile journey? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " He then repeats this behavior over and over again.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What is the traveler's average velocity?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We can say he travels 110 miles in 2.5 hrs (v = dist/time)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "v = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=110%2F2.5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"110%2F2.5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "v = 44 mph <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How long will it take to complete a 600 mile journey? (t = dist/velocity)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=600%2F44 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"600%2F44\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = 13.636 hrs, however, I am not quite sure if that last 30 min rest should be included in this, perhaps the time would be 13.136 hrs (a half hr less)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let's say 600 - 110 = 490 mi at 44 mph 490/44 = 11.136 hrs, then<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the last 110 mi in two hrs: 11.136 + 2 = 13.136 hrs, like we suggested above.  </SPAN>\n" );
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