document.write( "Question 1063192: A dragon flies 240km to dragon mountain. The dragon's average speed was 120km/hour. The dragon picked up some heavy magical dragon things, so the dragon's average speed for the 240km flight home was 80km/hour. What was the dragon's average sped in km/hour for the entire round trip? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #678233 by rothauserc(4718)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! we use the formula rate * time = distance \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "total distance flown by the dragon = 240 + 240 = 480 km \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "the dragon took 2 hours to fly to the mountains and 3 hours to fly back for a total of 5 hours \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "************************************************ \n" ); document.write( "dragons average rate is 480 / 5 = 96 km per hour \n" ); document.write( "************************************************ \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |