SOLUTION: You travel by car to a baseball game in Spartanburg which is 36 miles away. It takes you 45 minutes to get there. What is your speed in mph?

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Question 1061399: You travel by car to a baseball game in Spartanburg which is 36 miles away. It takes you 45 minutes to get there. What is your speed in mph?
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You travel by car to a baseball game in Spartanburg which is 36 miles away. It takes you 45 minutes to get there.
What is your speed in mph?
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Speed = Distance%2FTime = 36%2F%28%283%2F4%29%29 = %2836%2A4%29%2F3 = 12*4 = 48 mph.

3%2F4 = 3%2F4 of an hour = 45 minutes.