document.write( "Question 660033: The distance between new York and Boston is 340 miles. if it takes Mary 5 hours and 45 minutes to travel from NY to Boston, what was her average speed? \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "Hi, there--\r\n" );
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document.write( "The Problem:\r\n" );
document.write( "The distance between new York and Boston is 340 miles. if it takes Mary 5 hours and 45 \r\n" );
document.write( "minutes to travel from NY to Boston, what was her average speed?\r\n" );
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document.write( "A Solution:\r\n" );
document.write( "It takes Mary 5 hours and 45 minutes to go the entire distance. First, translate 5 hours and 45 \r\n" );
document.write( "minutes to hours. Since 45 minutes is 3/4 of an hour, we can say this is 0.75 hours. Add this \r\n" );
document.write( "to the five whole hours, and we have Mary traveling 340 miles in 5.75 hours.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Mary's average speed is how many miles she can travel (on average) in each hour. So we divide \r\n" );
document.write( "340 into one-hour chunks, or approximately 340 ÷ 5.75 = 59.13 miles for each hour.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Mary's average speed is about 59.13 miles per hour.\r\n" );
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