SOLUTION: man runs 90 min at 8 mph then drives 55 mph for 24 min..how many miles did he travel? I get 24 miles

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Question 679782: man runs 90 min at 8 mph then drives 55 mph for 24 min..how many miles did he travel? I get 24 miles
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man runs 90 min at 8 mph then drives 55 mph for 24 min..how many miles did he travel?
Since we are using mph, we need the times in hrs; write a dist equation
dist = speed * time (in hrs)
:
d = 1.5(8) + 24%2F60*55
d = 12 + 22
d = 34 miles