Question 268456: If I am driving 55mph, how long would it take for me to travel 5 miles? or ten miles? how is the calculation done? Found 3 solutions by stanbon, drk, math-Tutor-Online:Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! If I am driving 55mph, how long would it take for me to travel 5 miles? or ten miles? how is the calculation done?
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time = distance/rate
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t = 5 miles/55 mph = (1/11) hr = (1/11)(60 min) = 5.45 minutes
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t = 10 miles/55 mph = (2/11) hr = 10.9 minutes
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Cheers,
Stan H.
You can put this solution on YOUR website! we start with the unit fraction of 55 miles / hour. But we could also write this as 1 hour / 55 miles. = or ~ 5.45 minutes
if we want 10 miles, we get = or ~ 10.90 minutes
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 55 mph means you can travel 55 miles in 1 hour. So using unitary method, you can travel 1 mile in 1/55 hours.
This means you can travel 5 miles in 5 x = hrs and 10 miles in or hours.
Otherwise the formula for time is Distance/Speed (provided the unit of distance is same as the unit distance used to specify the speed).
So for 5 miles the time = hrs.
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