document.write( "Question 1140236: You travel the first 48 miles of a journey at an average of 36 mph and the second 48 miles at an average of v mph. What must be v if you want to average 45 mph over the 96 mile journey?
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document.write( "1.  \"You travel the first 48 miles of a journey at an average of 36 mph\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "    It means that you spent  \"48%2F36\" = \"1\"\"12%2F36\" hours = \"1\"\"1%2F3\" hours = 1 hour and 20 minutes for this part of the journey.\r\n" );
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document.write( "2.  \"you want to average 45 mph over the 96 mile journey\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "    It means that you spend  \"96%2F45\" = \"2\"\"6%2F45\" hours = \"2\"\"2%2F15\" hours = \"2\"\"8%2F60\" hours = 2 hours and 8 minutes for the entire journey of 96 miles.\r\n" );
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document.write( "3.  So, you have  2 hours 8 minutes - 1 hour 20 minutes = 128 minutes - 80 minutes = 48 minutes for the second part of 48 miles long.\r\n" );
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document.write( "4.  Thus your speed on the seconf leg of 48 miles should be  \"48%2F48\" = 1 miles per minute or 60 miles per hour.      ANSWER\r\n" );
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