Problema Solution

The distance between two cities is one hundred miles, and a woman drives from one city to the other at a rate of fifty mph. At what rate must she return if the total travel time is three hours and forty minutes?

Answer provided by our tutors

Time taken to go from one city to other = 100/50 = 2 hours

time left for the return journey = 1 hour 40 mins = 5/3 hrs

 

Speed = Distance / time = 100 / (5/3) = 60 mph