Question

A train traveled 300 miles in 5 hours. find its rate of speed in miles per hour.

Answer 1

60 miles per hour

Explanation:

`Speed = (Distance)/(Time)`

You divide 300 by 5 and you get 60. You always need to divide the upper part to the lower part to reach the distance in ONE UNIT OF TIME. There, you have 5 seconds, yet you need the distance in 1 second.

This all is assuming that the train moved at a constant speed, where

ACCELERATION = 0, which is pretty improbable for a train.