Tameron is driving $540$ miles to college. If he drives at an average rate of $45$ miles per hour, how many hours will it take to get $3/4$ of the way there?

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Answer 1 · 2018-04-08T20:53:53

9 hours

$3/4ths$ of 540 miles = 405 miles.

$v = "distance"/"time"$ so a bit of algebra will tell you that

$"time" = "distance"/v$

So then $"time" = "distance"/v = (405 "miles")/(45 "miles"/"hr") = 9 "hrs"$

I hope this helps,
Steve

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