SOLUTION: A group of college students, anxious to get to florida on spring break, drove the 650 mile trip with minimal stops. They computed their average speed for the trip to be 65.5 mi/hr.

Question 314528: A group of college students, anxious to get to florida on spring break, drove the 650 mile trip with minimal stops. They computed their average speed for the trip to be 65.5 mi/hr. How many hours did the trip take?
Found 2 solutions by eshomali, rapaljer:
Answer by eshomali(33) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
about 10 hours or 9.92 hours
Answer by rapaljer(4671) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
In the famous formula , substitute d=650 mi and r=65.5 mi/hr, and solve for the unknown which is t.

d=rt
650=65.5t

Divide both sides by 65.5

hours

Dr. Rapalje

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