document.write( "Question 1157861: Christine drives her car 495 miles and has an average of a certain speed. If the average speed had been 2mph more, she could have traveled 517 miles in the same length of time. What was her average speed?\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #780752 by josmiceli(19441)\"\" \"About 
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Let \"+s+\" = her actual speed in mi/hr
\n" ); document.write( "Let \"+t+\" = her actual time
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\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+495+=+s%2At+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+517+=+%28+s+%2B+2+%29%2At+\"
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\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+t+=+495%2Fs+\"
\n" ); document.write( "Plug this into (2)
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+517+=+%28+s+%2B+2+%29%2A%28+495+%2F+s+%29+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+517s+=+495s+%2B+990+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+22s+=+990+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+s+=+45+\"
\n" ); document.write( "Here average speed was 45 mi/hr
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