SOLUTION: A parade 2 miles long and moving at the rate of 3 miles per hour passed completely a line of spectators in one hour and twenty minutes. How long was the line of spectators?
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Question 338990: A parade 2 miles long and moving at the rate of 3 miles per hour passed completely a line of spectators in one hour and twenty minutes. How long was the line of spectators? Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! s=speed, t=time, d=distance
st=d
3 * 4/3 = 4 mi. distance the parade traveled in the 1 1/3 hrs.
4-2(length of the parade)=2 mi Length of the line of spectators.
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Ed
