document.write( "Question 483020: Jennifer's home is exactly ten miles from her place of work. Her average speed on her typical morning commute is 60 miles per hour.\r
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document.write( "A. What is her average time that it takes her to get to work?\r
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document.write( "B. If Jennifer wants to get to work in 1/2 of the time, how fast should she drive? What about 1/4 of the time?\r
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document.write( "Comments: I have tried so much to solve this but it is so hard. I came up with a formul: distance/time=rate. I got 10 minutes for A but I know it's wrong. \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #330563 by jorel1380(3719)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! 10 miles/60 miles/hour=1/6 hours to work=10 minutes. \n" ); document.write( "--------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "10 miles in 5 minutes= 10 miles in 1/12 hour \n" ); document.write( "12 x 10= 120 mph \n" ); document.write( "120 mph x 1/12 hour=10 miles. \n" ); document.write( "---------------------- \n" ); document.write( "10 miles in 2.5 minutes= \n" ); document.write( "60/2.5 x 10=24 x 10 miles=240 mph. \n" ); document.write( "------------------ \n" ); document.write( "rate x time=distance \n" ); document.write( "distance/time=rate.. \n" ); document.write( " |