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Question 998926: Can you help me understand how to solve this word problem: A bus traveling at an average 65 miles per hour made a trip to town in 5 hours. If it had traveled at 50 miles per hour how many Kore minutes would it have taken to make the trip?

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Answer by josgarithmetic(39614)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Distance to cover is , "trip to town" for both cases.





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Twenty-five minutes
Answer by MathTherapy(10549)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Can you help me understand how to solve this word problem: A bus traveling at an average 65 miles per hour made a trip to town in 5 hours. If it had traveled at 50 miles per hour how many Kore minutes would it have taken to make the trip? 
Distance: 325 (5 * 65) miles

Time at 50 mph: , or 6.5 hours

Difference: 1.5 hours, or  minutes 

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