SOLUTION: While hiking the Peralta Trail to Wheeler’s Needle and back, Rick spent 60% of his time walking uphill to Wheeler’s Needle and 40% of his time returning by the same trail. If he a

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Question 250998: While hiking the Peralta Trail to Wheeler’s Needle and back, Rick spent 60% of his time walking uphill to Wheeler’s Needle and 40% of his time returning by the same trail. If he averaged 2 miles per hour uphill, what was his average speed for the round-trip?
A. 2 1/3 mph B. 2.25 mph C. 2.4 mph D. 2.5 mph E. 2.6 mph

Answer by richwmiller(17219) About Me  (Show Source):
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rate * time=distance
.6/.4=2/r
r=1.33 for return trip
(2+1.33)/2=average