<PRE><B>Question 542790</B>
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There is no way to construe your problem as stated so that there is a need for the quadratic formula.  Distance equals rate times time, so time is equal to distance divided by rate.  Divide 800 by 320 to yield the average speed in feet per second.


John
*[tex \LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0]
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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