SOLUTION: Beth has been driving for 2 hours and 17 minutes. She has another 195 miles left to drive. If she maintains a speed of 65 miles per hour. How much total time will she spend driving

Question 1059322: Beth has been driving for 2 hours and 17 minutes. She has another 195 miles left to drive. If she maintains a speed of 65 miles per hour. How much total time will she spend driving.
In our lesson we he been solving multi step equations and I can do that but someone asks for minutes and speeds my brain doesn't know what to do and I can figure out a workable equation.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
For the last 195 miles:

hrs
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In an equation you can do the conversion:
minutes = hours
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for instance:
minutes = hours
So, in this problem:
hours
is the total time. You can then convert back to minutes:
5 hrs 17 min is the total time spent driving

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