How far apart are city a and city b

Question

the cat can make the trip about 3 1/2 hours at about 56 mph. About how far apart are city a and city b

Answer 1

I hope this helps!

Answer 2

distance = rate * time

And... you are given both, so you can just plug in and multiply.

I like to write out the units, too, to be sure they are consistent, and see if I need to do any conversions.

In this case, I think we can just go ahead and do it.

distance = rate * time

56 miles

= ------------ * 3.5 hours

hour

The hours cancel, and we are left with

56 * 3.5 miles

= 196 miles

That's a pretty fast-moving cat!

Answer 3

Use the equation distance = speed multiplied by time or d = s•t

You must make sure the units will match up and since we have miles/hour for speed and hours for time, we can go ahead and multiply. d = (56)(3.5)

You can multiply these to get the answer.