SOLUTION: James and Javier each go on separate trips with Javier driving twice as fast as James. James travels for 3 hours while Javier travels for 2 hours. They drive a total of 280 miles.
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Question 273606: James and Javier each go on separate trips with Javier driving twice as fast as James. James travels for 3 hours while Javier travels for 2 hours. They drive a total of 280 miles. How fast does Javier drive? Answer by mananth(16949) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! James and Javier each go on separate trips with Javier driving twice as fast as James. James travels for 3 hours while Javier travels for 2 hours. They drive a total of 280 miles. How fast does Javier drive?
Let james drive at speed x
Javier travels 2x
James travels 3 hours so distance traveled by him is 3x
Javier travels for 2 hours so he travels 2*2x miles = 4x
4x+3x=280
7x=280
x=40 which is james speed.
Javier's speed =80 mph
