Question

A car traveled at 65 miles per hour for 1 hours and then traveled at 50 miles per hour for 2 hours. How many miles did the car travel?

A. 190.5 miles
B. 460.0 miles
C. 215.0 miles
D. 237.5 miles
E. 222.5 miles

Answer 1

This car would have traveled 165 miles.

In order to find this, we need to start by finding how far it traveled in the first hour.

65 miles per hour * 1 hour = 65 miles.

Now we do the same for the second portion of the trip.

50 miles per hour * 2 hours = 100 miles

At the end of this, we add them together to get the answer.

65 miles + 100 miles = 165 miles.