SOLUTION: An aircraft carrier made a trip to Guam and back. The trip there took three hours and the trip back took 4 hours. It averaged 6 km/h on the return trip. Find the adverage speed of
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Question 311627: An aircraft carrier made a trip to Guam and back. The trip there took three hours and the trip back took 4 hours. It averaged 6 km/h on the return trip. Find the adverage speed of the trip there.
please explain the entire process in dummy terms. :) Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! An aircraft carrier made a trip to Guam and back.
The trip there took three hours and the trip back took 4 hours.
It averaged 6 km/h on the return trip.
Find the average speed of the trip there.
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Let s = speed there
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Write a distance equation; dist = time * speed
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Dist there = return dist
3s = 4(6)
3s = 24
s =
s = 8 km/hr, the trip there
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Check the solution by finding the actual distance, they should be equal
3(8) = 24
4(6) = 24, confirms our solution
