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"Emma is planning a road trip from City A to City B, which are 240 miles apart. She wants to

drive at an average speed of 60 miles per hour. However, she needs to make a stop to visit a
landmark that is located 120 miles from City A. If Emma spends 30 minutes at the landmark,
how can she adjust her driving speed for the remaining part of the trip to maintain an average
speed of 60 mph overall?

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Answer:

80 mph

Explanation:

Her drive from City A to City B is 240 miles. She drives at an average speed of 60 mph.

s = d/t

t = d/s

t = 240 miles / 60 mph = 4 hours

The trip should take a total of 4 hours by going directly from City A to City B at an average speed of 60 mph and making no stops.

She drives 120 miles and stops for 30 minutes.

She drives 120 miles from City A to the landmark at the average speed of 60 mph.

s = d/t

t = d/s

t = 120 miles / 60 mph = 2 hours

It takes her 2 hours to get to the landmark.

Now she stops for 30 minutes = 0.5 hour

She now needs to drive another 120 miles and still only take 4 hours total time.

She drove 2 hours to the landmark. She stopped for 0.5 hours.

Total time so far: 2.5 hours

The total trip should take 4 hours to keep her overall 60 mph average speed.

Time left to drive: 4 hours - 2.5 hours = 1.5 hours

Distance left to drive: 120 miles

s = d/t

s = 120 miles / 1.5 hours

s = 80 mph

She must drive from the landmark to City B at an average speed of 80 mph.

Answer: 80 mph

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