SOLUTION: It takes a hospital dietician 24 min to drive from home to the hospital, a distance of 12 mi. What is the dietician's average rate of speed? ___________mph

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Question 1196950: It takes a hospital dietician 24 min to drive from home to the hospital, a distance of 12 mi. What is the dietician's average rate of speed?
___________mph
Answer by MathLover1(20850) About Me  (Show Source):
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given:
time t=24min
distance d=12mil
find speed: s
d=s%2At
s=d%2Ft
s=12mil%2F24min .................convert min to hours: 24%2F60=2%2F5=+0.4h
s=12mil%2F0.4h
s=30%28mil%2Fh%29

the dietician's average rate of speed is s=30mph