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Question 712516: Hi please can you help me ? :)
I think i have a little idea of how to do this but i need some help please.
I think its speed divide time but im not sure, anyway please can i have some help ? Please can you also show the working out of how you did it.
Thanks
A Train travels at an average speed of 87 kilometres per hour for 6 hours 14 minutes. Calculate the Distance travelled.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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speed*time=distance. Your rate units are kilometers per hour and your time is in mixed units of hours and minutes. For simplicity you should decide if you want strictly to change all to hours or all to minutes. 14 minutes is (14/60) of an hour. You might want then 6%2614%2F60 hours.

CALCULATION
rate * time, (kilometers/hour)*hours= kilometers.

Again reminder, 14/60 is the fraction of an hour more than 6 hours to be included as given.

highlight%2887%2A%286%2614%2F60%29=87%2A%28%28360%2B14%29%2F60%29%29
=87%2A%28374%2F60%29=32538%2F60
=highlight%28542.3%29 kilometers