Question

Ohn drove from Miami to Atlanta, and the trip took him a total of 10 hours.

For 6 hours John’s average speed was 73 mph. His average speed on the remainder of the
trip was 67 mph. What was his average speed on the entire trip?
a) 70.8 mph
b) 70.6 mph
c) 69.4 mph
d) 68.2 mph

Answer 1

b) 70.6

Explanation:

To calculate average you need to add up all the numbers and divide by the quantity of numbers. They are calculating with mph, with ten hours, so there will be ten numbers. First you do 73 x 6 (6 because of 6 hours of 73 mph) which is 438. Then you do 67 x 4 which is 268. you add it up, then find a total of 706. Then you divide it by ten to find the answer 70.6