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A car travels at a speed of x miles per hour for 3 hours and at half that speed for 2 hours. Which expression gives the total distance the car traveled in 5 hours?
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A car travels at a speed of x miles per hour for 3 hours and at half that speed for 2 hours. Which expression gives the total distance the car traveled in 5 hours?

A car travels at a speed of x miles per hour for 3 hours and at half that speed for-example-1
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Answer:

3x + (x/2) *2

Explanation:

The distance for the first 3 hours is rate times time

x *3

The distance for the next 2 hours is rate times time

x/2 *2

Add them together to get the total distance

3x + (x/2) *2

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