SOLUTION: You want to visit your aunt who lives 225 miles away. The interstate is 10 miles from your house and once you get off the interstate , you must travel 14 miles more to get to your

Question 897271: You want to visit your aunt who lives 225 miles away. The interstate is 10 miles from your house and once you get off the interstate , you must travel 14 miles more to get to your aunts house . If you drive 55 miles per hour on the interstate , how many hours will you travel on the interstate ?
PLEASE HELP ME . I've always had problems with these type of questions . can you please SHOW ME HOW TO SLOVE THIS ?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Focus on the necessary information to answer the question.

This is what you need: If you drive 55 miles per hour on the interstate
and The interstate is 10 miles from your house and once you get off the interstate , you must travel 14 miles more to get to your aunts house .
Note also that Aunt's house is 225 miles away from your house. That leaves miles of interstate length to drive.

This is the question: how many hours will you travel on the interstate ?

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