SOLUTION: How long will it take you to drive 14.5 miles if you are going 55 miles an hour?

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Question 313311: How long will it take you to drive 14.5 miles if you are going 55 miles an hour?
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The relationship between distance, rate, and time is:



but your question begins: "How long..." The answer to a question that begins "How long..." is some amount of time.

So rewrite the equation:



Now just plug in the values you were given for distance and rate (that is speed), and do the arithmetic.


John