SOLUTION: a car travels at an avarage speed of 60 kilometers per hour. how many hows will it take to travel 180 kilometers?

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Question 467144: a car travels at an avarage speed of 60 kilometers per hour. how many hows will it take to travel 180 kilometers?
Answer by gwendolyn(128) About Me  (Show Source):
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Distance is equal to rate times time (D=rt)
The wanted distance is 180 km, and the rate is 60 km/hour. Plugging these values into the equation, we find that:
180=60t
If we divide both sides of the equation by 60, we see:
3=t
So, it will take the car 3 hours to travel 180 kilometers.