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    3. A truck is dispatched for a delivery at 8:30 AM to a customer 50 miles away. Assume that the average speed of the truck is 25 miles per hour, and it takes 30 minutes to unload the truck. At what time can you expect the truck back?
    A truck is dispatched for a delivery at 8:30 AM to a customer 50 miles away. Assume that the average speed of the truck is 25 miles per hour, and it takes 30 minutes to unload the truck. At what time can you expect the truck back?

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    0  Views: 3320 Answers: 1 Posted: 9 years ago
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      2 hours drive to destination.


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      30 minutes to unload.


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      2 hours drive  home.


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      4 1/2 hours.  1 pm.

      9 years ago. Rating: 3
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        clu

        That truck is sure slow ! Is it horse drawn?
        commented 9 years ago
        country bumpkin

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        LOL...Or Fred Flintstone is peddling it.
        commented 9 years ago


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