SOLUTION: If I travel .6 miles in 2 minutes how fast am I going? And say a patrolman is traveling 1.2 miles and catches me how fast is he going?

Question 23189: If I travel .6 miles in 2 minutes how fast am I going?
And say a patrolman is traveling 1.2 miles and catches me how fast is he going?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1st question: Set up a proportion so you can find how many
miles you would travel in one hour or 60 minutes:
0.6/2 = x/60
2x = 36
x = 18 miles in 60 minutes or 18 miles per hour.
Policeman to catch you he must average 18miles an hour over
a 1.2 mile course.
He starts at 0mph so must get up to a speed of 36mph in order
to average 18mph, which is your speed.
Cheers,
Stan H.

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