BTGModeratorVI wrote: ↑Sat Mar 21, 2020 9:50 am
A car traveled from Los Angeles to San Francisco in 6 hours at an average rate of x miles per hour. If the car returned along the same route at an average rate of y miles per hour, how long did it take for the car to make the entire round trip, in minutes?
A. (6 + 6x/y)(60)
B. (6 + 6y/x)(60)
C. 30(x + y)
D. 10(x + y)
E. (x + y)/360
Answer:
A
Source: Manhattan Prep
Since distance = rate x time and we are given that the car traveled from Los Angeles (LA) to San Francisco (SF) in 6 hours at an average rate of x miles per hour, we can express the distance from LA to SF as 6x. We are also given that the car returned along the same route (i.e., traveling the same distance) from SF to LA at an average rate of y miles per hour. If we let t = the time returning from SF to LA, in hours, we have:
6x = yt
t = 6x/y hours = time from SF to LA
Thus, the round trip time = time from LA to SF + time from SF to LA = 6 + 6x/y hours
Finally, we convert our time from number of hours to number of minutes by multiplying the number of hours by 60, since 1 hour = 60 minutes:
(6 + 6x/y) hours = 60(6 + 6x/y) minutes
Answer: A
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