SOLUTION: You want to visit your aunt who lives 255 miles away. The interstate is 10 miles from your house and once you get off the interstate, you must travel 14 miles more to get to your a

Question 482840: You want to visit your aunt who lives 255 miles away. The interstate is 10 miles from your house and once you get off the interstate, you must travel 14 miles more to get to your aunt's house. If you drive 55 miles per hour on the interstate, how many hours will you travel on the interstate?
Answer by cleomenius(959) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
First, find the amount of miles you will be on the interstate.
255 - 10 -14 = 231 miles on the interstate.
231/55 = 4.2 hours on the interstate.
Cleomenius.

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