document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=690704>Question 690704</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> On Monday Katie rode her motorcycle m miles in 8 hours. On the Tuesday, she rode 3 times as far in 11 hours. If her average speed for the two days was 52 mi/h, how far did she ride on Monday? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #426364 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><B>josmiceli(19441)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=josmiceli><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=426364\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Average speed is always ( total distance traveled ) / ( time to travel that distance )<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+d%5B1%5D+=+m+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+d%5B1%5D+=+m+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+d%5B2%5D+=+3m+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+d%5B2%5D+=+3m+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+52+=+%28+m+%2B+3m+%29+%2F+%28+8+%2B+11+%29+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+52+=+%28+m+%2B+3m+%29+%2F+%28+8+%2B+11+%29+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+52+=+4m+%2F+19+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+52+=+4m+%2F+19+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+4m+=+52%2A19+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+4m+=+52%2A19+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+4m+=+988+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+4m+=+988+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+m+=+247+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+m+=+247+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "She rode 247 miles on Monday<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Note that the average speed for the 2 days <BR>\n" );
document.write( "is NOT the average of the speeds for each day<BR>\n" );
document.write( "For monday:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "speed = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+m%2F8+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+m%2F8+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "For tuesday:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "speed = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+3m%2F11+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+3m%2F11+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The average of these  2 speeds is<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+%28++m%2F8++%2B+%28+3m%29%2F11%29++%2F+2+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+%28++m%2F8++%2B+%28+3m%29%2F11%29++%2F+2+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+m%2F16+%2B+%283m%29%2F22+=+52+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+m%2F16+%2B+%283m%29%2F22+=+52+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Multiply both sides by <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+16%2A22+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+16%2A22+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+22m+%2B+48m+=+52%2A16%2A22+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+22m+%2B+48m+=+52%2A16%2A22+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+70m+=+18304+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+70m+=+18304+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+m+=+261.49+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+m+=+261.49+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "You get a different answer which is the wrong answer\r<BR>\n" );
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