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The driver run the one way trip a distance of 60*t1 miles ( let t1 is the time for the one way trip)

so we have distance = 60t1

on the wayback driver runs the same distance which is now 50t2 miles. (t2 is the time for return trip)

since the distance is the same we have 60t1 = 50t2 (1)  we know that t1 + t2 = 6.6 hours (2)

from (2) we have t2 = 6.6 - t1 replacing this to (1) we get 60t1 = 50(6.6-t1)  ->>  60t1=330-50t1 ->>

60t1 + 50t1 = 330   and  110t1 = 330  ->>  t1=330/110 = 3 hours substituting where t1 in (2) we get

t2 = 6.6-3 = 3.6 hours
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