SOLUTION: If a person travels 12 miles each way on a bus and the bus averages 36mph for a total of 24 miles how many minutes is that person on the bus?

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Question 346297: If a person travels 12 miles each way on a bus and the bus averages 36mph for a total of 24 miles how many minutes is that person on the bus?
Answer by nyc_function(2741)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
D = rt

D = 24

r = 36

We need to find t or time (in hours).

24 = 36t

24/36 = t

2/3 hours = t

There are 60 minutes in one hour.

So, 2/3 hours times 60 minutes = 40 minutes.

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