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Question 946158: Please help. Juan rides his bike from Lawrence to Salisbury beach (30 miles in 3 hours). He divides distance (miles) by time (hours) and sees that his overall average speed is 10mph. He buys 3 Power bars and eats them. How fast (mph) must he return so that his overall average speed for the round trip (60 miles) is 15mph?
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Missing information for how much time spent buying and eating the power bars. You have only information to account for travel time.

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Please help. Juan rides his bike from Lawrence to Salisbury beach (30 miles in 3 hours). He divides distance (miles) by time (hours) and sees that his overall average speed is 10mph. He buys 3 Power bars and eats them. How fast (mph) must he return so that his overall average speed for the round trip (60 miles) is 15mph? 
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