SOLUTION: You are hiking on a trail that lies along a straight railroad track. The total length of the trail is 5.4 kilometers. You have been hiking for 45 minutes at an average speed of 2
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Question 985288: You are hiking on a trail that lies along a straight railroad track. The total length of the trail is 5.4 kilometers. You have been hiking for 45 minutes at an average speed of 2.4 kilometers per hour. How much further in kilometers do you need to hike to reach the end of the trail?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Distance equals rate times time and 45 minutes is 3/4 of an hour. So 3/4 times 2.4 is the distance already traveled.
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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