SOLUTION: when david and his family visited his granparents they drove 261 miles round-trip. the drive to his grandparents house took 2.5 hours what was their avareage speed in miles per hou

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Question 995948: when david and his family visited his granparents they drove 261 miles round-trip. the drive to his grandparents house took 2.5 hours what was their avareage speed in miles per hour
Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
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Average speed is found by dividing total distance by total time..here that is
v = 261 miles/2.5 hours
v = 104.4 miles per hour
If the one-way time was 2.5 hours, then
v = 261 miles/5 hours
v = 52.2 miles per hour (certainly more realistic)