SOLUTION: The time needed to travel a certain distance varies inversely with the rate of speed. If it takes 8 hours to travel a certain distance at 36 miles per hour, how many hours will it
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Question 1050948: The time needed to travel a certain distance varies inversely with the rate of speed. If it takes 8 hours to travel a certain distance at 36 miles per hour, how many hours will it take to travel the same distance at 24 miles per hour?
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
t=time
v=speed
t=k/v
8hr=k/36 mi/hr
k=288 mi
t=288 mi24 mi/hr =12 hours.
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The distance is 288 miles by multiplying 36 by 8.
divide that by 24 mph, and it is 12 hours.
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