Question

Explain how you would solve this problem, then solve: Ramona is driving to Seattle, and she is 96 miles away. She wants to arrive in 1.5 hours. What rate of speed will she have to maintain to arrive in that time?

Answer 1

64 mph

Explanation:

In this question, we have to find how fast Ramona has to drive in order to get to her destination is 1.5 hours.

We know that she's 96 miles away from her destination.

We need to find her speed (in mph). To do so, we would divide 96 by 1.5 to see how fast she should be driving.

Solve:

96 ÷ 1.5 = 64

This means that she needs to drive 64 miles per hour (mph) in order to get to her destination in 1.5 hours.