document.write( "Question 472749: Driving at 50 Mph, one covers 17 miles in how many secondS?
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50 miles per hour / 60 = 5/6 miles per minute.
\n" ); document.write( "5/6 miles per minute / 60 = 5/360 miles per second.
\n" ); document.write( "rate * time = distance
\n" ); document.write( "rate = 5/360 miles per second
\n" ); document.write( "distance = 17 miles
\n" ); document.write( "formula becomes:
\n" ); document.write( "5/360 * time = 17
\n" ); document.write( "divide both sides of this equation by (5/360) to get:
\n" ); document.write( "time = 17 / (5/360)
\n" ); document.write( "this is equivalent to:
\n" ); document.write( "time = 17 * (360/5) which is equal to (17*360)/5 which is equal to 17*72 which is equal to 1224 seconds.
\n" ); document.write( "1224 seconds / 60 = 20.4 minutes.
\n" ); document.write( "20.4 minutes / 60 = .34 hours.
\n" ); document.write( "rate * time = distance.
\n" ); document.write( "rate = 50 miles per hour
\n" ); document.write( "time = .34 hours
\n" ); document.write( "distance = 50 * .34 = 17 miles.
\n" ); document.write( "it all checks out.
\n" ); document.write( "the time it takes to travel 17 miles at 50 miles per hour is 1224 seconds.
\n" ); document.write( "take .34 hours and multiply it by 60 to get 20.4 minutes.
\n" ); document.write( "multiply 20.4 minutes by 60 to get 1224 seconds.
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