SOLUTION: Harry drove for 6 hours on the freeway then decreased his speed by 20 miles per hour and drove for five more hours on a country road if his total trip was 560 miles then what was h
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Question 1042034: Harry drove for 6 hours on the freeway then decreased his speed by 20 miles per hour and drove for five more hours on a country road if his total trip was 560 miles then what was his speed on the freeway Answer by rothauserc(4718) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! let r be Harry's rate on the freeway, then his other rate is r-20
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note rate * time = distance
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6r + 5(r-20) = 560
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6r + 5r -100 = 560
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11r = 660
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r = 60
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Harry's rate on the highway is 60 mph
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note our units are all in miles and hours so the rate is mph which is miles per hour
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