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    Aug 14, 2010, 05:38 PM
    How to find the average speed and distance
    A person travels by car from one city to another with different constant speeds between the pairs of cities. She drives for 30.. min at 80.0 km/h, 12.0 min at 100 km/h, and 45.0 min at 40.0 km/h, and spends 15.0 min eating lunch and buying gas.

    What is the average speed for the trip?
    What is the distance between the initial and final cities along this route?
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    Aug 14, 2010, 06:02 PM

    Hint: compute distances and time for each leg. Can you do that?
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