SOLUTION: James decides to walk home from school today. He lives 3 miles from school and can walk home in 45 minutes. At what rate is James traveling?

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Question 1020110: James decides to walk home from school today. He lives 3 miles from school and can walk home in 45 minutes. At what rate is James traveling?

Found 2 solutions by jim_thompson5910, solver91311:
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source):
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45 minutes = (45 minutes) * [ (1 hour)/(60 minutes) ] = (45/60) hours = 0.75 hours

In summary

45 minutes = 0.75 hours

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Distance = Rate * Time
D = R*T
3 = R*0.75
3/0.75 = R*0.75/0.75
4 = R*1
4 = R
R = 4

His rate or speed is 4 miles per hour

Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source):
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Distance equals rate time so rate equals distance divided by time. Hint: 45 minutes is 3/4 of an hour. So depending on whether you want to express the
rate as miles per minute or miles per hour determines whether you divide by 45 or by 3/4.

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it