SOLUTION: A car travels 55 miles per hour and a plane travels 15 miles per minute.How far does the car travel when the plane travels 500 miles?
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Question 765525: A car travels 55 miles per hour and a plane travels 15 miles per minute.How far does the car travel when the plane travels 500 miles?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
15 miles per minute ---> 900 miles per 60 minutes --> 900 mph
d = rt
500 = 900t
500/900 = t
t = 5/9
The plane has traveled for 5/9 of an hour
d = rt
d = 55*(5/9)
d = 275/9
d = 30.55556
The car has traveled roughly 30.555556 miles.
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