A man drove to work at an average rate of speed of 60 miles per hour and returned over the same route driving at an average rate of speed of 40 miles per hour. If his total driving time was 1 hour, what was the total number of miles in the round trip?

A car travels from Twon A to Twon B at an average speed of 40 miles per hour, and returns immediately along the same route at an average speed of 50 miles per hour. What is the average speed in miles per hour for the round - trip?

A train travels at an average speed of 50 miles per hour. It travels for 2 1/2 hours.

A man drove a car at an average rate of speed of 45 miles per hour for the first 3 hours of a 7-hour car trip. If the average rate speed for the entire trip was 53 miles per hour, what was the average rate of speed in miles per hour for the remaining part of the trip?

An elephant traveled 7 miles at an average rate of 4 miles per hour and then traveled the next 7 miles at an average rate of 1 mile per hour. What was the average speed, in miles per hour, of the elephant for the 14 miles?

A cheetah ran 12 miles at an average rate of 50 miles per hour and then ran the next 12 miles at an average rate of 43 miles per hour. What was the average speed, in miles per hour, of the cheetah for the 24 miles ?

Rory left home and drove straight to the airport at an average speed of 45 miles per hour. He returned home along the same route, but traffic slowed him down and he only averaged 30 miles per hour on the return trip. If his total travel time was 2 hours and 30 minutes, how far is it, in miles, from Rory's house to the airport?

A train travels first 300 km at an average rate of 30 km per hour and further travels the same distance at an average rate of 60 km per hour, then the average speed over the whole distance is

An airline flies, two different planes over the same route. The faster of the two planes travels at an average speed of 540 mile per hour,and the other plane travels at an average speed of 450 miles per hour. How many more miles can the faster plane travel in 12 seconds than the slower plane?

Steve ran a 12-mile race at an average speed of 8 miles per hour. If Adam ran the same race at an average speed of 6 miles per hour, how many minutes longer did Adam take to complete the race than did Steve?

Carmen went on a trip of 120 miles, traveling at an average of x miles per hour. Several days later she returned over the same route at a rate that was 5 miles per hour faster than her previous rate. If the time for the return trip was one-third of an hour less than the time for the outgoing trip, which equation can be used to find the value of x?