SOLUTION: A car drivers at 35 km/h going from point A to point B then at 45 km/h from point B to point C. It takes one hour and 40 minutes to complete the trip from A to C ,and point B is ex

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Question 1168141: A car drivers at 35 km/h going from point A to point B then at 45 km/h from point B to point C. It takes one hour and 40 minutes to complete the trip from A to C ,and point B is exactly midway between A and C. . What is the distance from A to C ?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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Forty minutes is 2%2F3 of an hour.
If AB=BC=d, the question asks for 2d, and d%2F35%2Bd%2F45=2%2F3.
Solve for d, and multiply by 2.