SOLUTION: Hannah took a trip to visit her cousin. She drove 120 miles to reach her cousin's house and the same distance back home. It took her 1.2 hours to get halfway to her cousin's house

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Question 314951: Hannah took a trip to visit her cousin. She drove 120 miles to reach her cousin's house and the same distance back home.
It took her 1.2 hours to get halfway to her cousin's house. What was her average speed, in miles per hour, for the first 1.2 hours of the trip?
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Answer by malaydassharma(59) About Me  (Show Source):
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Distance halfway to her cousin's house = 120/2=60 miles , which took 1.2 hrs
Hence, average speed, in miles per hour, for the first 1.2 hours of the trip is 60/1.2=50 miles/hr