A plane traveled k miles in its first 96 minutes of flight time. If it completed the remaining 300 miles of the trip in t minutes, what was its average speed, in miles per hour, for the entire trip?
$$A.\ 60\frac{\left(k+300\right)}{96+t}$$
$$B.\ kt+96\frac{\left(300\right)}{96t}$$
$$C.\ \frac{k+300}{60\left(96+t\right)}$$
$$D.\ \frac{5k}{8}+\frac{60\left(300\right)}{t}$$
$$E.\ \frac{5k}{8}+5t$$
The OA is A.
The total distance will be,
$$T_{dist}=k+300\ miles$$
And the total time will be,
$$T_{time}=\frac{96+t\ }{60}hours$$
Then the total average speed will be,
$$T_{avg\ speed}=\frac{T_{dist}}{T_{time}}=\frac{k+300}{\frac{96+t}{60}}=60\frac{\left(k+300\right)}{96+t}miles\ per\ hour$$
Now, my question is, is there another way to solve this PS question? Experts, can you help me, please? Thanks!
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Hello AAPL.AAPL wrote:A plane traveled k miles in its first 96 minutes of flight time. If it completed the remaining 300 miles of the trip in t minutes, what was its average speed, in miles per hour, for the entire trip?
$$A.\ 60\frac{\left(k+300\right)}{96+t}$$
$$B.\ kt+96\frac{\left(300\right)}{96t}$$
$$C.\ \frac{k+300}{60\left(96+t\right)}$$
$$D.\ \frac{5k}{8}+\frac{60\left(300\right)}{t}$$
$$E.\ \frac{5k}{8}+5t$$
The OA is A.
The total distance will be,
$$T_{dist}=k+300\ miles$$
And the total time will be,
$$T_{time}=\frac{96+t\ }{60}hours$$
Then the total average speed will be,
$$T_{avg\ speed}=\frac{T_{dist}}{T_{time}}=\frac{k+300}{\frac{96+t}{60}}=60\frac{\left(k+300\right)}{96+t}miles\ per\ hour$$
Now, my question is, is there another way to solve this PS question? Experts, can you help me, please? Thanks!
The way you solve it is perfect.
Another way you could solve it is making the conversion from minutes to hours from the beginning. That is to say, $$96\ \text{minutes}\ =\ \frac{96}{60}\text{hours}$$ and $$t\ \text{minutes}\ =\ \frac{t}{60}\text{hours}.$$ Hence, $$T_{dist}=k+300\ \ \ \ \ and\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ T_{time}\ =\ \frac{96}{60}+\frac{t}{60}=\frac{96+t}{60}.$$ Therefore, $$T_{avg\ speed}=\frac{T_{dist}}{T_{time}}\ =\ \frac{300+k}{\frac{96+t}{60}}=60\ \frac{\left(300+k\right)}{96+t}$$ So, the correct answer is the option A.
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We are given that a plane traveled k miles in 96 minutes. Since we need the average speed in miles per hour we can convert 96 minutes to hours.AAPL wrote:A plane traveled k miles in its first 96 minutes of flight time. If it completed the remaining 300 miles of the trip in t minutes, what was its average speed, in miles per hour, for the entire trip?
$$A.\ 60\frac{\left(k+300\right)}{96+t}$$
$$B.\ kt+96\frac{\left(300\right)}{96t}$$
$$C.\ \frac{k+300}{60\left(96+t\right)}$$
$$D.\ \frac{5k}{8}+\frac{60\left(300\right)}{t}$$
$$E.\ \frac{5k}{8}+5t$$
96 minutes = 96/60 = 8/5 hours
We are also given that the plane completed the remaining 300 miles in t minutes. We must also convert t minutes to hours.
t minutes = t/60 hours
Now we can calculate the average speed for the entire trip, using the formula for average speed.
Average speed = total distance/total time
Average speed = (k + 300)/(8/5 + t/60)
Average speed = (k + 300)/(96/60+t/60)
Average speed = (k + 300)/((96 + t)/60)
Average speed = 60(k + 300)/(96 + t)
Answer: A
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