SOLUTION: A person travels by car from one city to an- other. She drives for 24.9 min at 74 km/h, 10.4 min at 105 km/h, 42.6 min at 45.9 km/h, and spends 19.1 min along the way eating lu

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Question 404872: A person travels by car from one city to an-
other. She drives for 24.9 min at 74 km/h,
10.4 min at 105 km/h, 42.6 min at 45.9 km/h,
and spends 19.1 min along the way eating
lunch and buying gas.
Determine the distance between the cities
along this route.
Answer in units of km.

Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If the person goes from 1 city to another,
you only care about distances traveled, and
not time spent while not traveling.
To get distances:
d1 = %2824.9%2F60%29%2A74
d2 = %2810.4%2F60%29%2A105
d3 = %2842.6%2F60%29%2A45.9
Add d1 + d2 + d3