document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=998504>Question 998504</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The family reached a motorway at 11:00 what was their average speed for the next hour in car journey </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #616263 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><B>Theo(13342)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><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=Theo><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=616263\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> you are mising some key information here.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "your statement:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The family reached a motorway at 11:00 what was their average speed for the next hour in car journey.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the general formula used is rate * time = distance.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if you have 2 of those components, you can solve for the third.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you actually gave none of those components.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the fact that the family reached the motorway at 11:00 says nothing about the rate that they were traveling at, nor the time that they were traveling at, nor the distance they traveled.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if you were looking for their average speed, you need to provide the time they took to travel the distance and the distance that they traveled.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the average speed means the same thing as the rate in the formula rate * time = distance\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "example:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the family arrived at the motorway at 11:00 AM and arrived at their destination at 5:00 PM and they traveled a distance of 120 miles.   What was their average speed.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "now you can solve because you have time and distance, so you can solve for rate in the formula rate * time = distance.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the time is 5:00 PM minus 11:00 AM = 6 hours.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the distance = 120 miles.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "rate * time = distance becomes rate * 6 = 120.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "solve for rate to get rate = 120/6 = 20 miles per hour.\r<BR>\n" );
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