document.write( "Question 105693: If a car is traveling 55 miles per hour, how long will it take to go 12 miles? Is there a formula for this type of problem?\r
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The formula for this type of problem is:
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\n" ); document.write( "Distance = Speed * Time
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\n" ); document.write( "You might be able to understand this by thinking, \"If I go at 60 miles per hour for 2 hours,
\n" ); document.write( "how far do I travel?\" The answer is:
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\n" ); document.write( "Distance = 60 miles per hour* 2 hours = 120 miles
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\n" ); document.write( "In the problem you are told that the distance to be covered is 12 miles. The speed is 55 miles
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\n" ); document.write( "12 miles = 55 miles per hour * Time
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\n" ); document.write( "You can then solve for the Time by dividing both sides of this equation by 55 to get:
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\n" ); document.write( "12/55 = Time
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\n" ); document.write( "So it takes 12/55 hours to go 12 miles. The fraction 12/55 converts to a decimal by dividing
\n" ); document.write( "55 into 12 to get 0.218181818 of an hour. Since an hour has 60 minutes, you can convert
\n" ); document.write( "the answer to minutes by multiplying 60 by 0.218181818 to get about 13.09 minutes.
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\n" ); document.write( "So at 55 miles per hour you go 12 miles in a little over 13 minutes.
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\n" ); document.write( "Hope this helps you to understand the problem and how to use the formula to solve it.
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