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A cruise ship travels to Vacation Island and back. The trip there took 2 hours and the trip back took 6 hours. It averaged 6.5 km/h on the return trip. Find the average speed of…

A cruise ship travels to Vacation Island and back. The trip there took 2 hours and the trip back took 6 hours. It averaged 6.5 km/h on the return trip. Find the average speed of…
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A cruise ship travels to Vacation Island and back. The trip there took 2 hours and

the trip back took 6 hours. It averaged 6.5 km/h on the return trip. Find the average speed of the trip them

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The average speed of the trip there is 19.5 km/h. This is because the ship was 3 times faster going there than when returning so that means the ship has to go 3 times faster when going here than when returning.
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