SOLUTION: A truck driver traveled at an average speed of 55mph on a 200 mile trip to pick up a load of freight . On the return trip (with the truck fully loaded), the average speed was 40 mi
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Question 842555: A truck driver traveled at an average speed of 55mph on a 200 mile trip to pick up a load of freight . On the return trip (with the truck fully loaded), the average speed was 40 miles per hour. What was the average speed for the round trip ? Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Average speed is always ( total distance traveled ) / ( total time for travel ) hrs
and, for the return trip: hrs
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The total distance is
The total time is:
Average speed = mi/hr
