SOLUTION: Use a proportion to solve. Ben Hale is driving his new Toyota Camry on Interstate 90 at 45 miles per hour. He accelerates at the rate of 3 miles per hour every 2 seconds. HOw fa
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: Use a proportion to solve. Ben Hale is driving his new Toyota Camry on Interstate 90 at 45 miles per hour. He accelerates at the rate of 3 miles per hour every 2 seconds. HOw fast will he be traveling after accelerating for 11 seconds?
This question is from textbook Beginning and Intermediate Algebra
Answer by HyperBrain(694) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
BY ratio and proportion,
x=3(11)/2=33/2
So after 11 sec, his speed will be
45+33/2=45+16.5=61.5 miles per hour
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