SOLUTION: Maria drove from Providence to New Hampshire in 1.5 hours. If the distance was 110 miles, how fast was she traveling?

SOLUTION: Maria drove from Providence to New Hampshire in 1.5 hours. If the distance was 110 miles, how fast was she traveling?

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Question 115119: Maria drove from Providence to New Hampshire in 1.5 hours. If the distance was 110 miles, how fast was she traveling?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Start with the distance-rate-time formula

Plug in d=110 and t=1.5

Divide both sides by 1.5 to solve for r

Divide

So our answer is

So she was traveling about 73.33 miles per hour
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