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The discussion revolves around calculating the total distance traveled and the average speed of a car trip with varying speeds. The traveler drives for specific durations at different speeds, totaling 34.2 minutes at 82.7 km/h, 11.1 minutes at 97.7 km/h, and 48.4 minutes at 39.9 km/h, with additional time spent on breaks. Participants emphasize the straightforward nature of the first part of the problem, suggesting the use of the formula v = d / t to find distance. The lack of directional information is noted, and the question of whether this is a weighted average problem is raised. Ultimately, the focus is on calculating the total distance and average speed based on the provided data.
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a person travels by car from one city to another with different constant speeds between pair of cities, she drives for 34.2 minutes at 82.7 km/h, 11.1 min at 97.7 km/h, and 48.4 min at 39.9 km/h and spends 17.2 min eating lunch and buying gas. find the distance between initial and final cities along this route. find average speed for this trip
 
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So what's the problem, and by that I mean, where are you stuck? On the first part of the problem, or the second? Please show us your work so far, so we can help you out.

Hint: the first part of the problem is really straightforward. We know how fast she traveled and how long she traveled for at that speed, so we can easily calculate how far she went during that part of the trip.
 
Were there any directions given for the velocity? Or are you assuming that this all happens in a straight line?
 
there is no directions given for the velocity and I am stuck at the first question. is this an weighted average problem?
 
For the first question just use:

v = d / t
 
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