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  1. March 16th 2008, 03:25 PM #1
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    Average Speed Everybody!?!?!

    How do you figure out this???

    Average speed when driving 30 minutes at 45mph and then driving another 30 minutes at 15mph???

    Thanks in advance
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    Quote Originally Posted by miramontes View Post
    How do you figure out this???

    Average speed when driving 30 minutes at 45mph and then driving another 30 minutes at 15mph???

    Thanks in advance
    The average speed is found by
    \frac{\text{total distance traveled}}{\text{total time}}

    -Dan
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