SOLUTION: 10. Tova used to spend 40 minutes per day jogging and covered a distance equivalent to the distance from Rue de Vache to LaPointe 73 times during the year. The distance is 20 miles

Question 526542: 10. Tova used to spend 40 minutes per day jogging and covered a distance equivalent to the distance from Rue de Vache to LaPointe 73 times during the year. The distance is 20 miles. What is her speed in miles per hour? � Tova now spends 45 minutes per day jogging and has sped up 1 mile per hour. How many times would she run a distance equivalent to the distance from Rue de Vache to LaPointe?
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Tova used to spend 40 minutes per day jogging and covered a distance equivalent to the distance from Rue de Vache to LaPointe 73 times during the year.
The distance is 20 miles. What is her speed in miles per hour?
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Find the total distance ran originally: 73 * 20 = 1460 mi
Find her speed in mph: = 2 min/mi which is 30 mph
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Tova now spends 45 minutes per day jogging and has sped up 1 mile per hour.
How many times would she run a distance equivalent to the distance from Rue de Vache to LaPoint
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Change 45 min to .75 hrs, the jogging speed now is 31 mph
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= 62.8 time would equal the previous distance
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