mi/h Marika lives 20 miles from work. If she drives to work at 50 mi/h, how fast
will she need to drive home to average 60 mi/h for the round trip? Express
your answer to the nearest whole number.

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Step-by-step explanation:

formally, for the 60 mph average, she needs to go these 2×20=40 miles at 60 mph. that means she would need 40/60 = 2/3 hours = 2×60/3 = 40 minutes.

going the first direction at 50 mph these 20 miles took her 20/50 = 2/5 hours = 2×60/5 = 24 minutes.

that leaves only 16 minutes for the drive back.

16/60 = 4/15 hours

now, she needs to go x mph to drive the 20 miles in 16 minutes (4/15 hours) :

20/x = 4/15

20×15 = 4x

x = 5×15 = 75 mph

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