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Question 650622: two cars travel the same route to a town that is 200 miles from where they started and then return, by the same route to where they started. Car A averages 50 miles per hour one way and 40 miles per hour on the return trip. Car B averages 45 miles per hour both ways. Do the cars travel the total distance in the same amout of time? Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! two cars travel the same route to a town that is 200 miles from where they
started and then return, by the same route to where they started.
Car A averages 50 miles per hour one way and 40 miles per hour on the return trip.
Car B averages 45 miles per hour both ways.
Do the cars travel the total distance in the same amount of time?
:
Car A time
A = +
A = 9 hrs
:
Car B time
B =
B = 8.89 hrs
