Town A amd towm B are 68 miles apart. Maura left town A for town B at 10:30 a.m. If she traveled at a speed of 40 miles per hour, at what time did she reach reach town B?

Question

Please help soon. I've been stuck on this for a very long time and I have no clue how to do it... they have not taught it yet. Please.

Answer 1

Distance = Speed * Time

As needed, rearrange it to get:

Speed = Distance/Time

OR:

Time = Distance/Speed

In this case: speed is miles per hour (MPH), and distance is miles

You are give the Distance (68 miles) and the speed (40 miles/hour)

So the time is 68/40 = 1.7 hours

Since the starting time is hours and minutes, convert 1.7 hours to 1 hour + 42 minutes.

Starting at 10:30AM and adding 1:42, we get 12:12PM

Answer 2

t = d / r

t = 68 / 40

t = 1.7

The trip took 1.7 hours or 1 hour and 42 minutes

10:30 + 1:42

11:72

12:12