SOLUTION: Please help me solve this word problem: A trucker drives 30mph for 1 hour and 55mph for 2 hours, how many miles did the trucker travel all together?

Question 272650: Please help me solve this word problem: A trucker drives 30mph for 1 hour and 55mph for 2 hours, how many miles did the trucker travel all together?
Answer by JenniferTutors(83) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If a trucker drove 30mph for 1 hour, that would be 30 miles traveled. Next, if the trucker drove 55mph for 2 hours, you would figure that he traveled 55 miles multiplied by 2 hours, which equals 110 miles traveled. Last, add 30 miles and 110 miles, that equals 140 miles traveled.
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