It makes the addition easier if you combine like terms like the two 1/2s and then make them all have the denominator of 12 (changing the numerators to equal it out)
U can see that 5/9 has a greater value thx hope it helped
Answer:
53.33 mph
Step-by-step explanation:
Speed is the rate of change of distance with time. Mathematically,
speed = distance/time
and is measured in miles per hour or meter per second.
To get the average speed over the entire trip, we must get the total time spent on trip and the total distance, then apply the speed formula
Time for the first 300 miles
= 300/60
= 5 hours
Time spent on the last 100
= 100/40
= 2.5 hours
Total time of the trip = 5 + 2.5
= 7.5 hours
Total distance covered
= 300 miles + 100 miles
= 400 miles
Average speed on the trip
= 400/7.5
= 53.33 miles per hour
now, we could expand them, but there's no need, since it's just factoring.