SOLUTION: If it takes 8 minuets to travel 2.5 miles fom work to home, at what speed are you traveling?

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Question 693266: If it takes 8 minuets to travel 2.5 miles fom work to home, at what speed are you traveling?
Answer by rimjhim.tomar(21) About Me  (Show Source):
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1st we convert 8 minutes into hours i.e. 8/60 hrs=.133 hr
now speed= distance/time = 2.5/.133= 18.79 mi/hr