a motorcyclist started riding at highway marker a , drove 120 miles to highway marker b , and then , without pausing , continued to highway marker c , where she stopped . the average speed of the motorcyclist , over the course of the entire trip , was 45 miles per hour . if the ride from marker a to marker b lasted 3 times as many hours as the rest of the ride , and the distance from marker b to marker c was half of the distance from marker a to marker b , what was the average speed , in miles per hour , of the motorcyclist while driving from marker b to marker c ?
"a - b = 120 miles b - c = 60 miles avg speed = 45 miles time taken for a - b 3 t and b - c be t avg speed = ( 120 + 60 ) / total time 45 = 180 / 4 t t = 60 b - c = 60 mph answer e"
multiply(divide(divide(add(divide(120, const_2), 120), 45), const_4), divide(120, const_2))