Question

A court reporter is transcribing an accident report from Germany. The report states that the driver was traveling 80 kilometers per hour. How many miles per hour was the driver traveling?

Answer 1

divide the speed value by 1.609,
1kilometer per hr=0.621mph
80kph=49.7097Mph

Answer 2

49.6 miles per hour

Explanation:

We know that the vehicle which met an accident in Germany was driven at 80 kilometers per hour by the driver.

To find out how many miles per hour was the driver traveling, we can use the ratio method.

1 kilometer = 0.62 mile

80 kilometers = x

Finding x:

x = 0.62 * 80

x = 49.6

So the driver was traveling at 49.6 miles per hour.