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The rate of the travel for each leg of the trip.
Answer to Problem 46SGR
The rate of the travel for the meeting is 60 miles per hour and the rate of travel from the meeting is 64 miles per hour.
Explanation of Solution
Given:
Mr. Jones drove 480 miles to the business meeting. His travel time to the meeting was 8 hours and from the meeting was 7.5 hours.
Considering the rate of the travel be x.
Mr. John travel 480 miles.
His travel to the meeting is 8 hours.
And the travel from the meeting is 7.5 hours.
Now, the rate of the travel to the meeting is evaluated as:
Then the rate of travel from the meeting is:
Therefore, the rate of the travel for the meeting is 60 miles per hour and the rate of travel from the meeting is 64 miles per hour.
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