SOLUTION: If a surfacing crew can pave five feet of asphalt per minute, how many hours will it take them to pave 150 miles?
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Question 834882: If a surfacing crew can pave five feet of asphalt per minute, how many hours will it take them to pave 150 miles?
Answer by richard1234(7193) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
5 feet per minute = 5280 feet per 1056 minutes = 1 mile per 1056 minutes
So it will take 150*1056/60 = 2640 hours.
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