SOLUTION: Chris is driving across the country. She drives for 5 1/2 hours each day. the first day, she drove a total of 264 miles. driving at this same rate, how far can chris drive each wee

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Question 993613: Chris is driving across the country. She drives for 5 1/2 hours each day. the first day, she drove a total of 264 miles. driving at this same rate, how far can chris drive each week on the average?
Answer by MathLover1(20849) About Me  (Show Source):
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if she drives for 5+1%2F2 hours each day, and the first day, she drove a total of 264 miles, we have
t=5+1%2F2 hours which is t=5.5h and d=264mil
so, we can find average speed s:
s=d%2Ft
s=264mil%2F5.5h
s=2640mil%2F55h
s=48%28mil%2Fh%29

driving at this same rate each week (which is 7 days) she will on the average she can drive as far as:
d=s%287t%29
d=48%28mil%2Fh%29%287%2A5.5h%29
d=48%28mil%2Fcross%28h%29%29%2838.5cross%28h%29%29
d=48mil%2A38.5
d=1848mil