SOLUTION: What's is the average speed of a hurricane if it travels 3,500 miles in nine days?
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Question 425269: What's is the average speed of a hurricane if it travels 3,500 miles in nine days?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
What's is the average speed of a hurricane
if it travels 3,500 miles in nine days?
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rate = distance/time
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rate = 3500/9 mi/day = 388.89 miles per day
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rate = 388.89/24 = 16.20 miles per hour
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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