document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=834867>Question 834867</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Here is the question: If the distance is 10 miles and it takes 1000 seconds to travel the distance, what is the rate of speed in miles per hour? I know what the answer is but my instructor wants us to show all the work and if I see how this one is done, hopefully I will remember how to do the rest, it has ben twenty years since I have taken this subject and I have no book or instruction. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #503212 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39618)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=503212\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You have a starting rate in miles per second.  This is:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=10%2F1000=0.01 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"10%2F1000=0.01\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > miles per second.  Showing a rational number with the units,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You need to use two conversion ratios.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1 minute = 60 seconds<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1 hour = 60 minutes<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You use them in the form of ratios.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Note how the conversion factors are arranged to leave units of miles per hour! </SPAN>\n" );
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