SOLUTION: Henry drives in town at a rate of 25 miles per hour. It takes him 15 minutes to go to the library from his house. The algebraic expression rt represents distance traveled, where r

Question 635284: Henry drives in town at a rate of 25 miles per hour. It takes him 15 minutes to go to the library from his house. The algebraic expression rt represents distance traveled, where r is the average rate (in miles per hour) and t is the travel time (in hours)
Can you multiply 25 and 15 to find the distance Henry traveled to the library? EXPLAIN.

Show how to find the distance from Henry's house to the library. Include units in your caculation
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You have mixed units of 25 mph and 15 minutes
Convert the 15 minutes to 1/4 hr or .25
now multiply 25*.25=6.25 miles
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