document.write( "Question 893963: Mr. Punches drives 50 miles per hour for the first 3 hours of his trip. What wiuld his average speed have to be for the next 2 hours of his trip if the average speed for the whole trip was 58 miles per hour
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Mr. Punches drives 50 miles per hour for the first 3 hours of his trip.
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\n" ); document.write( "Let s = the speed for the next two hrs
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\n" ); document.write( "We can find the total distance of the trip, he traveled for 5 hrs and averaged 58 mph.
\n" ); document.write( "58 * 5 = 290 mi
\n" ); document.write( "In the 1st 3 hrs he traveled
\n" ); document.write( "50 * 3 = 150 mi
\n" ); document.write( "therefore he traveled
\n" ); document.write( "290 - 150 = 140 mi in the last 2 hrs
\n" ); document.write( "Find the av speed
\n" ); document.write( "\"140%2F2\" = 70 mph for the last two 2 hrs
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\n" ); document.write( "Check this, with a time equation, time = dist/speed
\n" ); document.write( "\"150%2F50\" + \"140%2F70\" = \"290%2F58\"
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