SOLUTION: at a speed of 45 mph, how many minutes will it take to travel 40 miles?

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Question 198873: at a speed of 45 mph, how many minutes will it take to travel 40 miles?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Start with the distance-rate-time equation


Plug in and


Divide both sides by 45.


Reduce


So the solution is which approximates to . This means that it will take about 0.889 hours (which is about 53.34 minutes) to travel 40 miles.
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