SOLUTION: Hi Bob and John travelled from X to Y. The distance was 240km. Bob started 30min earlier than John but arrived 30min later than John.find bobs average speed if john travelled at 6

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Question 1200885: Hi
Bob and John travelled from X to Y. The distance was 240km. Bob started 30min earlier than John but arrived 30min later than John.find bobs average speed if john travelled at 60km per hour.
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Bob and John travelled from X to Y. The distance was 240 km. Bob started 30 min earlier than John
but arrived 30 min later than John. Find Bob's average speed if John travelled at 60 km per hour.
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John's travel time was  240%2F60 = 4 hours.


Bob's travel time was  4 hours + 30 minutes + 30 minutes = 5 hours.


Hence, Bob's average speed was  240%2F5 = 48 kilometers per hour.    ANSWER

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