A student drives the 105-mi trip back to campus after spring break and travels with an average speed of 63 mi/h for 1 hour and 30 minutes for the first part of the trip. (a) What distance was traveled during this time? Answer: 94.5 mi (b) Traffic gets heavier, and the last part of the trip takes another half-hour. What was the average speed during this leg of the trip?   (c) Find the average speed for the total trip.

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A student drives the 105-mi trip back to campus after spring break and travels with an average speed of 63 mi/h for 1 hour and 30 minutes for the first part of the trip.

(a) What distance was traveled during this time? Answer: 94.5 mi

(b) Traffic gets heavier, and the last part of the trip takes another half-hour. What was the average speed during this leg of the trip?

 

(c) Find the average speed for the total trip.

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