document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=786688>Question 786688</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> May I please have help in a strategy to figure out this problem.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A driver sets out on a journey. For the first half of the distance she drives at the leisurely pace of 20 mi/h; she drives the second half at 80 mi/h. What is her average speed on this trip? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #477935 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=wilft1><B>wilft1(217)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-09.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=wilft1><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=wilft1><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=477935\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> i just thought of another way to look at it...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the way its worded<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1st half she goes 20 mph<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2nd half she goes 80 mph<BR>\n" );
document.write( "doesent give distance or time, just speed<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so we can assume that it took her 4 times as long to get through the first half of her trip as did her second half, we can put that into the equation\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "20 + 20 + 20 + 20 + 80 = 180/5 = 36 mph  average speed\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "i may be wrong, but its a shot in the dark. </SPAN>\n" );
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