SOLUTION: If it takes you 3 hours to go to Atlanta, a distance of 280 miles, what is your average speed per hour?

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Question 580523: If it takes you 3 hours to go to Atlanta, a distance of 280 miles, what is your average speed per hour?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
d = rt

280 = r(3)

280 = 3r

280/3 = r

93.3333 = r

r = 93.3333


So your average speed is roughly 93.3333 mph

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