document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=617612>Question 617612</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Can you please help me start this problem?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A car traveled at 50 miles per hour for 150 miles and then traveled at 75 miles per hour for 150 miles. What was the car’s average speed?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1st leg data:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rate = 50 mph ; distance = 150 miles ; time = 150/50 = 3 hrs<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "rate = 75 mph : distance = 150 miles ; time = 150/75 = 2 hrs<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Average time = (total distance)/(total time) = 300 miles/5 hrs = 60 mph<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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