It is 170 miles from Bruce's house to the city where his brother lives. On his last trip to visit his brother, he drove for 2 hours at 55 miles per hour. Then he came to some very bad road construction. The rest of the trip took 2 hours. How many miles per hour did Bruce drive for the rest of the trip?

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8 February, 04:27

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Tyson Wolfe · Answer 1

Bruce drove 30 miles per hour for the rest of the trip

Cristofer · Answer 2

Hello,

Bruce drove 2 h at 55 mi/h = = >110 mi

The rest of the trip (170mi-110mi=60mi) has been done in 2 h at speed of

60 mi/2h = 30 mi/h.