SOLUTION: if a train travels 75 miles in 55 minutes what is the trains speed in miles per minute ?

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Question 735790: if a train travels 75 miles in 55 minutes what is the trains speed in miles per minute ?
Answer by unlockmath(1688) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hello,
Let's set up a proportion as:
75/55=x/1
Solve x:
x=1.363636 repeating decimal
So it travels 1.34 miles per minute
Make sense?
RJ
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