SOLUTION: Jenny's motorcycle can go a maximum of 60 miles per hour. If it takes her 20 minutes to get to work going the maximum speed her motorcycle will go, how far away is her work?

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Question 1106305: Jenny's motorcycle can go a maximum of 60 miles per hour. If it takes her 20 minutes to get to work going the maximum speed her motorcycle will go, how far away is her work?
Answer by ikleyn(52914) About Me  (Show Source):
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Distance = average speed times time.


Time = 20 minutes = 1%2F3 of an hour.


Distance = 60%2A%281%2F3%29 = 20 miles.