SOLUTION: Can you please help me set up and solve this equation? Rene is going to the lake to visit some friends. If the lake is 60 miles away, and Rene is driving at 40 miles per hour the e

Question 775973: Can you please help me set up and solve this equation? Rene is going to the lake to visit some friends. If the lake is 60 miles away, and Rene is driving at 40 miles per hour the entire time, how long will it take her to get to the lake?
Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, tanjo3:
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If the lake is 60 miles away, and Rene is driving at 40 miles per hour the entire time, how long will it take her to get to the lake?
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distance = rate*time
d = r*t
t = d/r

Answer by tanjo3(60) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let n be the amount of time she drives.

40n = 60
n = 1.5

Rene drives for 1.5 hours.
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