SOLUTION: If a car drove for 30 minutes and went 10 miles what was his average speed?

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Question 631553: If a car drove for 30 minutes and went 10 miles what was his average speed?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
30 min = 0.5 hours

d = rt

10 = r*0.5

10/0.5 = r

20 = r

r = 20

So his average speed is 20 miles per hour.

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