SOLUTION: Pierre drove from Ottawa to London, a distance of 575 km in 8 h. Part of the trip was spent driving on a four-lane highway where he averaged 100km/h. The remainder of the trip was
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Question 1098503: Pierre drove from Ottawa to London, a distance of 575 km in 8 h. Part of the trip was spent driving on a four-lane highway where he averaged 100km/h. The remainder of the trip was spent on a two-lane highway where he averaged 500km/h. How much time was spent driving on the four-lane highway?
You can put this solution on YOUR website! x hours at 100 km/h=100x km
(8-x) hours at 50 km/h (I am editing the 500 km/h to 50 km/h)=400-50x km
The two add to 575 km.
100x+400-50x=575
50x=175 km
x=3.5 hours ANSWER, which is 350 km
8-x=4.5 hours, which is 225 km.
