Concept explainers
The rate of travel for each leg of the trip.
Answer to Problem 46SGR
Explanation of Solution
Given:
Mr. J drove 480 miles to a business meeting. His travel time to the meeting was 8 hours and from the meeting was 7.5 hours.
Concept used:
Calculation:
The total distance traveled by Mr. J going to business meeting is 480 miles.
Now, going to the meeting place it took 8 hours to reach there, so the rate of travel while going to meeting place is given by
And, while coming back from meeting place, it took 7.5 hours to travel 480 miles. So, the rate of travel while coming back from the meeting place is
Thus, his rate of travel while going to meeting place was 60 miles per hour and while going back from meeting place it was 64 miles per hour.
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