SOLUTION: There is a car fire at the intersection of State and Lake. This intersection is 4 miles away from the local firehouse. Due to rush hour traffic, the fire truck is only able to trav

SOLUTION: There is a car fire at the intersection of State and Lake. This intersection is 4 miles away from the local firehouse. Due to rush hour traffic, the fire truck is only able to trav

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Question 700261: There is a car fire at the intersection of State and Lake. This intersection is 4 miles away from the local firehouse. Due to rush hour traffic, the fire truck is only able to travel an average of 12 mph. what is the minimum amaount of time it will take the fire truck to reach the car fire?
please write out how you got the answer
Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
4/12=0.333
60*0.3333=20 min
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