SOLUTION: How long will it take you to drive 14.5 miles if you are going 55 miles an hour?
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Question 313311: How long will it take you to drive 14.5 miles if you are going 55 miles an hour?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The relationship between distance, rate, and time is:
but your question begins: "How long..." The answer to a question that begins "How long..." is some amount of time.
So rewrite the equation:
Now just plug in the values you were given for distance and rate (that is speed), and do the arithmetic.
John
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