SOLUTION: A car needs 1 minute 30 secondes to travel a distance of 1 mile.
At this rate how many miles will the car travel in 1 hour?
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Question 637717: A car needs 1 minute 30 secondes to travel a distance of 1 mile.
At this rate how many miles will the car travel in 1 hour?
Found 3 solutions by ankor@dixie-net.com, rfer, stanbon:
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A car needs 1 minute 30 seconds to travel a distance of 1 mile.
At this rate how many miles will the car travel in 1 hour?:
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Find the mph; speed = dist/time
Change 1.5 min to hrs, 1.5/60 = .025 hrs
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s =
s = 40 mph
Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1/1.5=x/60
1.5x=60*1
x=60/1.5
x=40 miles
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A car needs 1 minute 30 secondes to travel a distance of 1 mile.
At this rate how many miles will the car travel in 1 hour?
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1 min 30 seconds = 90 seconds = (90/3600) hrs
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rate = distance/time
rate = (1/(90/3600))mph = 3600/90 = 40 mph
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Ans: 40 miles
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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