SOLUTION: You want to visit your aunt who lives 225 miles away. The interstate is 10 miles from your house and once you get off the interstate , you must travel 14 miles more to get to your

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Question 897271: You want to visit your aunt who lives 225 miles away. The interstate is 10 miles from your house and once you get off the interstate , you must travel 14 miles more to get to your aunts house . If you drive 55 miles per hour on the interstate , how many hours will you travel on the interstate ?
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Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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This is what you need: If you drive 55 miles per hour on the interstate
and The interstate is 10 miles from your house and once you get off the interstate , you must travel 14 miles more to get to your aunts house .
Note also that Aunt's house is 225 miles away from your house. That leaves 225-10-14=highlight%28201%29 miles of interstate length to drive.

This is the question: how many hours will you travel on the interstate ?

RT=D, uniform rates rule, rate time distance.
R=55 mph
D=201 miles
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