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Pete made a trip to the beach, of which 80 kilometers were on highway X. What was Pete’s average speed for the trip?
(1)
Pete’s average speed for the part of the trip on highway X was 80 kilometers per hour.
(2)
Pete’s average speed for the part of the trip not on highway X was 96 kilometers per hour.
For the first time, prospectors have laid claim to rich deposits of gold, silver, and copper in the deep sea, foreshadowing a possible rush to the open oceans for metals and a possible fight with conservationists over exploitation of the sea's dark recesses.
Editorial: For the past two years, our dty has used photo radar to enforce speed limits at several Intersections, automatically photographing cars, measuring their speeds, and mailing tickets to offending drivers. In the second year of the program, the annual number of violations observed by photo radar dropped by 5 percent. This shows that the program has been effective at reducing speeding on the monitored streets.
The editorial's reasoning is most vulnerable to criticism on which of the following grounds?