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Question 135095: A fire truck is called to a fire at an apartment complex. The fire truck is traveling an average of 35 mph. It will take the fire truck 12 minutes to reach the fire. How far away is the apartment complex?
a) 4 miles
b) 5 miles
c) 6 miles
d) 7 miles
e) 8 miles Answer by vleith(2983) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Given: speed = 35miles/hour and time = 12 minutes
You need to make sure the units match up. So convert minutes to hours.
60minutes/hour
One would hope the firetruck could go faster than 35mph :-D
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