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Jones' Trip

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2/15/2009
Jones covered a distance of 50 50 miles on his first trip. On a later trip he traveled 300 300 miles while going three times as fast. His new time compared with the old time was: <spanclass=′latex−bold′>(A)</span> three times as much<spanclass=′latex−bold′>(B)</span> twice as much<spanclass=′latex−bold′>(C)</span> the same <span class='latex-bold'>(A)</span>\ \text{three times as much} \qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(B)</span>\ \text{twice as much} \qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(C)</span>\ \text{the same} <spanclass=′latex−bold′>(D)</span> half as much<spanclass=′latex−bold′>(E)</span> a third as much <span class='latex-bold'>(D)</span>\ \text{half as much} \qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(E)</span>\ \text{a third as much}