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If he travels <math>15</math> miles at a speed of <math>30</math> miles per hour, he travels for 30 min. Average rate is total distance over total time so (15+d)/(0.5 + t) = 50, where d is the distance left to travel and t is the time to tragvel that distance. solve for d to get d = 10+50t. you also know that he has to tral 55 miles per hour for some time, so <math>d=55t</math> plug that in for d to get <math>55t = 10+50t</math> and <math>t=2</math> and since <math>d=55t</math>, <math>d = 2*55 =110</math> the answer is <math>\boxed{\textbf{(D)}\ 110}</math>.
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If he travels <math>15</math> miles at a speed of <math>30</math> miles per hour, he travels for 30 min. Average rate is total distance over total time so <math>(15+d)/(0.5 + t) = 50</math>, where d is the distance left to travel and t is the time to tragvel that distance. solve for <math>d</math> to get <math>d = 10+50t</math>. you also know that he has to tral <math>55</math> miles per hour for some time, so <math>d=55t</math> plug that in for d to get <math>55t = 10+50t</math> and <math>t=2</math> and since <math>d=55t</math>, <math>d = 2*55 =110</math> the answer is <math>\boxed{\textbf{(D)}\ 110}</math>.
  
  

Revision as of 23:11, 25 December 2019

Problem 16

Qiang drives $15$ miles at an average speed of $30$ miles per hour. How many additional miles will he have to drive at $55$ miles per hour to average $50$ miles per hour for the entire trip?

$\textbf{(A) }45\qquad\textbf{(B) }62\qquad\textbf{(C) }90\qquad\textbf{(D) }110\qquad\textbf{(E) }135$

Solution 1(answer options)

The only option that is easily divisible by $55$ is $110$. Which gives 2 hours of travel. And by the formula $\frac{15}{30} + \frac{110}{50} = \frac{5}{2}$

And $\text{Average Speed}$ = $\frac{Total Distance}{Total Time}$

Thus $\frac{125}{50} = \frac{5}{2}$

Both are equal and thus our answer is $\boxed{\textbf{(D)}\ 110}.$

~phoenixfire

Solution 2

Note that the average speed is simply the total distance over the total time. Let the number of additional miles he has to drive be $x.$ Therefore, the total distance is $15+x$ and the total time (in hours) is \[\frac{15}{30}+\frac{x}{55}=\frac{1}{2}+\frac{x}{55}.\] We can set up the following equation: \[\frac{15+x}{\frac{1}{2}+\frac{x}{55}}=50.\] Simplifying the equation, we get \[15+x=25+\frac{10x}{11}.\] Solving the equation yields $x=110,$ so our answer is $\boxed{\textbf{(D)}\ 110}$.

~twinemma


Solution 3

If he travels $15$ miles at a speed of $30$ miles per hour, he travels for 30 min. Average rate is total distance over total time so $(15+d)/(0.5 + t) = 50$, where d is the distance left to travel and t is the time to tragvel that distance. solve for $d$ to get $d = 10+50t$. you also know that he has to tral $55$ miles per hour for some time, so $d=55t$ plug that in for d to get $55t = 10+50t$ and $t=2$ and since $d=55t$, $d = 2*55 =110$ the answer is $\boxed{\textbf{(D)}\ 110}$.


-goldenn

See Also

2019 AMC 8 (ProblemsAnswer KeyResources)
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Problem 15
Followed by
Problem 17
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