document.write( "Question 1153814: \"A truck driver traveled at an average speed of 56 miles per hour on a 200-mile
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\n" ); document.write( "loaded), the average speed was 37 miles per hour. Find the average speed for the
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "That is the question, and the answer is 44.6mi/hr.
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document.write( "                   SPEED       TIME               DISTANCE\r\n" );
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document.write( "PICKUP              56         200/56             200\r\n" );
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document.write( "LOADED              37         200/37             200\r\n" );
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document.write( "TOTAL                                    400\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The average speed for the whole ROUND-TRIP is $\"400%2F%28200%2F56%2B200%2F37%29\"$ $\"miles\"$ $\"per\"$ $\"hour\"$ .
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