Question

Distance traveled 342 miles with an average speed of 40 mph. What is the travel time of the trip?

Answer 1

Answer: 8 hours and 33 minutes

Explanation:

you can set up a ratio, cross multiply, and divide.

Answer 2

The travel time of the trip is 8.55 hours

Explanation:

The average speed of an object is calculated using the following formula:

`s=(d_2 -d_1)/(t)`

Where
`d_2 - d_1` is the total distance traveled by the object and t is the time it took the object to travel that distance.

So we know that:

`d_2 - d_1=342\ miles`

`s=40\ mph`

Therefore:

`40=(342)/(t)`

`t=(342)/(40)`

`t=8.55\ hours`