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
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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