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math commute

math commute
Can anyone help with this Math problem?

Esther drove to work in the morning at an average speed of 45 miles per hour. She returned home in the evening along the same route and averaged 30 miles per hour. If Esther spent a total of one hour commuting to and from work, how many miles did Esther drive to work in the morning?

Okay, it’s just a guess and check question basically. If she does 45 mph in the morning and 30 mph in the evening, all added took one hour total. Then you would have to assume that 45mph was obviously shorter than the 30 mph, so just doing a guess and check I’m going to say, 45mph took 25minutes and 30mph took 35minutes. Okay so just taking that, if she was driving for one hour, she would have completed 45 miles, 1/3 = 60. 1/3 of 45 = 15. She went 15miles.

please let me know if that’s not correct!

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