SOLUTION: if you leave you house at 5:20 a.m. to get to work, which is 20 miles away; if you drive 40 miles an hour, what time will you arrive at work?

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Question 904931: if you leave you house at 5:20 a.m. to get to work, which is 20 miles away; if you drive 40 miles an hour, what time will you arrive at work?
Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let's distance be , time , and speed
if you leave you house at a.m. to get to work, which is away; if you drive ,what time , will you arrive at work


so,

given:


a.m.
...plug in given values
...solve for



............... time that will you arrive at work

so,


or ... time you will spend driving to work

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