Problema Solution

A train needs 4 hours to go from the first station to the second. If the third station is 120 miles away and the total travel time must be no more than 7 hours, write an inequality that would let you find the slowest average speed, v, the train could have.

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Since average speed = distance/time follows time = distance/average speed.

120/v <= 7 - 4

120/v <= 3

v >= 40

The slowest average speed would be 40 mph.