SOLUTION: Last weekend two college students were returning to school 200 miles away. During a blizzard, they were only able to average 25 miles per hour. For the rest of their trip, they ave
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Question 238852: Last weekend two college students were returning to school 200 miles away. During a blizzard, they were only able to average 25 miles per hour. For the rest of their trip, they averaged 55 miles per hour. If the entire trip took 4 hours, how long were they driving in the blizzard? Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source):
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200=25T+55(4-T)
200=25T+220-55T
200-220=-30T
T=-20/-30
T=2/3 OR 40 MINUTES DRIVING IN THE BLIZZARD.
4-2/3=3 1/3 OR 10/3 HOURS DRIVING @ 55 MPH.
PROOF:
200=25*2/3+55*10/3
200=50/3+550/3
200=600/3
200=200
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