<p>@DrSteve Thank you again for replying. When I said half of the trip, I meant the instance where the we calculate the average going from the circus to the cage only,not the whole trip(circus to cage and cage to circus).Of course, both routes have the same distance.Here is the question that really made me ask this specific question about the coefficient of the numerator. <a href=“Hard Math Problem =( - Test Preparation - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-act-tests-test-preparation/74410-hard-math-problem.html</a></p>
<p>@Xiggi Thank you again for replying.Case 2: We should use the coefficient 1(which equals 5/4).Case 2 : Coefficient 1(which equals 10/4).The thing that is confusing me even more now is the fact we used the same formula to find the distance and to find the average rate. :/</p>