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 ?

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.

Mikala exercise in her gym by joggging on the treatmill at a average rate of 4 miles per hour and then pedaling on a stationary bicycle at an average rate of 8 miles per hour. In her workout , she jogs the equivalent of x miles and bicycles the equivalent of y miles. If MIkala works out for at least 45 minutes, which of the following is true?

A freight train and a passenger train start toward each other at the same time from two towns that are 500 miles apart. After 3 hours, the trains are still 80 miles apart. If the average rate of speed of the passenger train in 20 miles per hour faster than the average rate of speed of the freight train, what is the average rate of speed, in miles per hour, of the freight train?

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?

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?

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?

A train travels first 30 miles at a speed of 15 miles/hour and the next 30 miles at a speed of 30 miles/hour . Find the average velocity of the train.

Juan bikes halfway to school at 9 miles per hour, and walks the rest of the distance at 3 miles per hour. What is Juan's average speed for the whole trip?