Question

Camden is on a charter bus that has traveled 111 miles in 2 1/2 hours. At this rate, how many miles will the bus travel in the next 1/2 hour?

Answer 1

The bus will travel 22.2 miles in the next half-hour.

If the bus can travel 111 miles in 2.5 hours, dividing those numbers tells us that the bus is traveling 44.4 hours per hour.

Therefore, if it only travels a half hour, it can go half of 44.4.

44.4 / 2 = 22.2

Answer 2

22.2 miles.

Explanation:

`\because Speed = (Distance)/(Time)`

Here, distance = 111 miles,

Time =
`2(1)/(2)` hours =
`(5)/(2)` hours

Thus, the speed of the bus =
`(111)/((5)/(2))`

`=(222)/(5)`

= 44.4 miles per hour,

If time =
`(1)/(2)` hour,

`44.4=(Distance)/((1)/(2))`

`\implies Distance = (1)/(2)* 44.4 = 22.2\text{ miles}`