Question

A train leaves a station at 10:40 a.m. and arrives at its destination at 1:20 p.m. Find the distance between the stations if the average speed of the train was 60 mph.

Answer 1

The answer is 144 miles. I found that it took 2 hours and 40 minutes, then multiplied 2.4 times 60 and got 144 miles.

Answer 2

160 miles.

Explanation:

A train leaves a station at 10 : 40 a.m.

and arrives at its destination at 1 : 20 p.m. = 13 : 20 p.m.

Now we will subtract the time of departure to calculate the total time taken by the train.

13 : 20

- 10 : 40

2 : 40 Train took 2 hours 40 minutes to reach its destination.

Now we will convert 2 hours 40 minutes to decimal form.

2 hours and (40/60) = 2.66 minutes

If the average speed of the train was 60 miles per hour.

Since in one hour train traveled 60 miles

Therefore, in 2.66 hours train traveled = 60 × 2.66

= 159.6 ≈ 160 miles

The distance would be 160 miles.