document.write( "Question 733412: If I am driving 95 miles and it takes me 95 minutes to get there how fast am I going?\r
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document.write( "I tried dividing distance by time to get the speed but it doesnt make any sense.
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document.write( "95/95=1???????? I know that isnt right \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #448374 by jim_thompson5910(35256) ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! 95 minutes = 60 min + 35 min\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "95 minutes = 1 hr + 35/60 hr\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "95 minutes = 1 hr + 0.583333 hr\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "95 minutes = 1.583333 hr\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "-------------------------------------------------------\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "d = rt\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "95 = r*0.583333\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "95/1.583333 = r\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "r = 60.0000126315817\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Which is basically 60 mph (if we didn't have roundoff error, you would get 60 exactly)\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "What you did was divide 95 by 95 to get a speed in miles per minute. So 60 mph = 1 mile per minute. This makes sense because you have gone 95 miles in 95 minutes.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |