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Question 883597: A train leaves a station and travels at 80 miles per hour for 3.5 h and then at 70 miles per hour for 2.0 hrs to reach its destination. What was the trains average speed for the entire trip? Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A train leaves a station and travels at 80 miles per hour for 3.5 h and then at 70 miles per hour for 2.0 hrs to reach its destination. What was the trains average speed for the entire trip?
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Av speed = total dist/total time
a =
a = 76.36 mph