SOLUTION: A family goes on a road trip and travels 80 miles/hour during the first third of the drive and 60 miles/hour during the rest of the trip. If the drive took a total of 2 days, how f

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Question 1167610: A family goes on a road trip and travels 80 miles/hour during the first third of the drive and 60 miles/hour during the rest of the trip. If the drive took a total of 2 days, how far did they travel? Hint: Set up two proportions for each portion of the trip.
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In this context, the days are not a unit to measure time.