SOLUTION: Arun completes a journey in 11hrs . He travelled the 1st half of the journey at the rate of 10km /hr and 2nd half at rate of 17 km/hr . What hr the total distance travelled by aru

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Question 857972: Arun completes a journey in 11hrs . He travelled the 1st half of the journey at the rate of 10km /hr and 2nd half at rate of 17 km/hr . What hr the total distance travelled by arun
Answer by JulietG(1812) About Me  (Show Source):
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Arum travels for 11 hours.
Half of that is 5.5 hours.
For the first 5.5 hours, he travels at 10km/hr
Multiply 5.5 * 10 to get 55km
For the second 5.5 hours, he travels at 17km/hr
Multiply 5.5 * 17 to get 93.5km
Add the halves together
55 + 93.5 = 148.5km