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What is the average speed of the car travel during this trip?

What is the average speed of the car travel during this trip?-example-1
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Odometer starting read = 20823

Ending = 21371

So total distance traveled is:


\begin{gathered} \text{ Distance=21371-20823} \\ =548 \end{gathered}

Time taken during traveling is:


10.5\text{ hours}

So the average speed is:


\text{ Sp}eed\text{ = }\frac{\text{ Distance}}{\text{ Time}}
\begin{gathered} \text{ Sp}eed=\frac{\text{ Distance}}{\text{ Time}} \\ \text{Speed}=(548)/(10.5) \\ \text{ Spe}ed=52.19 \end{gathered}

So the average speed is 52.19 miles/hour

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