SOLUTION: A car travels 45 miles per hour in 20 minutes, how many miles has the car traveled?

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Question 548320: A car travels 45 miles per hour in 20 minutes, how many miles has the car traveled?
Found 2 solutions by rfer, nyc_function:
Answer by rfer(16322) About Me  (Show Source):
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45*1/3=45/3=15 miles

Answer by nyc_function(2741) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
We first change 20 minutes to time in hours.

There are 60 minutes in 1 hour.

So, 20/60 = 1/3 hours.

We now use the formula D = rt.

We are searching for D = distance

D = (45)(1/3)

D = (15/1)

D = 15 miles

Done!