When a car traveled from Town A to Town B without stopping, the car traveled a total of 2m miles, where m > 0. The car traveled the first m miles at an average speed of v miles per hour, and the car traveled the entire 2m miles at an average speed of miles per hour. What was the average speed of the car, in miles per hour, when it traveled the final m miles?
A. 8v/3
B. 4v
C. 5v
D. 16v/3
E. 8v
OA C
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The portion in red omits the average speed for the entire 2m miles.aman88 wrote:When a car traveled from Town A to Town B without stopping, the car traveled a total of 2m miles, where m > 0. The car traveled the first m miles at an average speed of v miles per hour, and the car traveled the entire 2m miles at an average speed of miles per hour. What was the average speed of the car, in miles per hour, when it traveled the final m miles?
A. 8v/3
B. 4v
C. 5v
D. 16v/3
E. 8v
OA C
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I am sorry. The question reads:GMATGuruNY wrote:The portion in red omits the average speed for the entire 2m miles.aman88 wrote:When a car traveled from Town A to Town B without stopping, the car traveled a total of 2m miles, where m > 0. The car traveled the first m miles at an average speed of v miles per hour, and the car traveled the entire 2m miles at an average speed of miles per hour. What was the average speed of the car, in miles per hour, when it traveled the final m miles?
A. 8v/3
B. 4v
C. 5v
D. 16v/3
E. 8v
OA C
Could you please supply the missing information?
When a car traveled from Town A to Town B without stopping, the car traveled a total of 2m miles, where m > 0. The car traveled the first m miles at an average speed of v miles per hour, and the car traveled the entire 2m miles at an average speed of 5v/3 miles per hour. What was the average speed of the car, in miles per hour, when it traveled the final m miles?
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Average speed for 2m miles = 5v/3 miles per houraman88 wrote:When a car traveled from Town A to Town B without stopping, the car traveled a total of 2m miles, where m > 0. The car traveled the first m miles at an average speed of v miles per hour, and the car traveled the entire 2m miles at an average speed of 5v/3 miles per hour. What was the average speed of the car, in miles per hour, when it traveled the final m miles?
Hence, time taken to travel 2m miles = 2m/(5v/3) hours = 6m/5v hours
Average speed for first m miles = v miles per hour
Hence, time taken to travel first m miles = m/v hours
Hence, time taken to travel the final m miles = (6m/5v - m/v) hours = m/5v hours
Hence, average speed for the final m miles = m/(m/5v) mph = 5v miles per hour
The correct answer is C.
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Let m=15 and v=3.aman88 wrote:When a car traveled from Town A to Town B without stopping, the car traveled a total of 2m miles, where m > 0. The car traveled the first m miles at an average speed of v miles per hour, and the car traveled the entire 2m miles at an average speed of 5v/3 miles per hour. What was the average speed of the car, in miles per hour, when it traveled the final m miles?
A. 8v/3
B. 4v
C. 5v
D. 16v/3
E. 8v
Time for the first m miles = d/r = m/v = 15/3 = 5 hours.
Time for the entire 2m miles = d/r = (2m)/(5v/3) = (2*15/( 5*3 / 3 ) = 6 hours.
Since the time for the entire 2m miles is 6 hours, and the time for the first m miles is 5 hours, the time for the last m miles = 6-5 = 1 hour.
Average speed for the last m miles = d/t = 15/1 = 15 miles per hour. This is our target.
Now we plug v=3 into the answers to see which yields our target of 15.
Only C works:
5v = 5*3 = 15.
The correct answer is C.
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Another way to explain the answer (personally, this works best for me). Hope this helps.
Set up the problem as R-T-D (Rate - Time - Distance)
R T D
First m miles v t1 m
Next m miles x t2 m
Total 5v/3 T 2m
Since total t = sum of the individual t's, we have:
t1+t2 = T
m/v + m/x = 2m/(5v/3)
Solve for x
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Set up the problem as R-T-D (Rate - Time - Distance)
R T D
First m miles v t1 m
Next m miles x t2 m
Total 5v/3 T 2m
Since total t = sum of the individual t's, we have:
t1+t2 = T
m/v + m/x = 2m/(5v/3)
Solve for x
I am including an image (apparently all the formatting is getting lost)
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