SOLUTION: hillary is traveling to her friends house, Her friends houe is 40 miles away if she travels at a constant rate of 30 mph how close will she be after 30 minutes?

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Question 605384: hillary is traveling to her friends house, Her friends houe is 40 miles away if she travels at a constant rate of 30 mph how close will she be after 30 minutes?
Found 2 solutions by jim_thompson5910, stanbon:
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source):
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d = rt

d = 30*(30/60)

d = 30*0.5

d = 15

So after 30 min, she has traveled 15 miles. Therefore, she still has 40 - 15 = 25 miles to go.
So she is 25 miles from her friends house.

Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
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hillary is traveling to her friends house, Her friends houe is 40 miles away if she travels at a constant rate of 30 mph how close will she be after 30 minutes?
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In 30 minutes she will have traveled (1/2)*30 = 15 miles
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She still has 40-15 = 25 miles to go.
Cheers,
Stan H.