A car moving at a constant speed travels 88 feet in 2 seconds. Use a proportion to find how many feet it travels in one minute?

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Junaid Mirza
Apr 2, 2018

"2640 ft"

Explanation:

"Speed" = "Distance"/"Time"

"Speed" = "88 ft"/"2 s" = color(red)"44 ft/s"

Distance travelled in one minute (60 seconds)

"Distance = Speed × Time"

"Distance" = "44 ft"/cancel"s" × 60 cancel"s" = color(blue)"2640 ft"

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