Katalin drove 300 miles on her vacation. She drove an average of 1.9 times faster on the second 150 miles of her trip than she d

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Katalin drove 300 miles on her vacation. She drove an average of 1.9 times faster on the second 150 miles of her trip than she d

id on the first 150 miles of her trip. Which expression represents the time she spent driving? Let x = her speed on the first half of the trip. HELP!!! NEED EXPLANATION SOON

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viktelen [127] · Answer 1 · 2022-05-14T15:07:19+03:00

300=x+1.9x
I got this by dividing the problem into two parts x[the speed of the first half] plus 1.9x [the speed of the second half increased by 1.9] both of those together should give you 300.
I went further and solved this...If you placed 103.5 into this problem for x you should get 300.15!