SOLUTION: A truck can travel 10 3/4 kilometers in one hour. How far can it travel in 2 1/3 hours

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Question 1167234: A truck can travel 10 3/4 kilometers in one hour. How far can it travel in 2 1/3 hours

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the truck travels 10 and 3/4 kilometers in one hour.

in 2 and 1/3 hours, it will travel (2 and 1/3) * (10 and 3/4) kilometers.

2 and 1/3 = 7/3
10 and 3/4 = 43/4

7/3 * 43/4 = (7*43) / (3 * 4) = 301 / 12 kilometers.

301/12 kilometers is equal to 25 and 1/12 kilometers.

that's your solution.

the general formula that's used is rate * time = distance

his rate is 10 and 3/4 kilometers per hour.

the time is 2 and 1/3 hours.

rate * time = distance, so:

(10 and 3/4) * (2 and 1/3) = the distance traveled.



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