SOLUTION: number of minutes it will take the driver to travel 10 miles at a speed of 45 miles per hour.

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Question 1004734: number of minutes it will take the driver to travel 10 miles at a speed of 45 miles per hour.
Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
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Since rate times time equals distance, or rt=d, we have
t = d/r = 10/45 = 2/9 hr.
To convert to minutes we have to multiply by 60 and get
60(2/9) = 120/9 = 40/3 = 13 1/3 minutes