Question

A bus traveled 472 miles at a constant rate in 16 hours. What was the speed of the bus?

miles per hour

Answer 1

You divide the amount of miles given by the hours spent to get the speed of the bus per mile

`472 / 16`
Your final answer should be 29.5 m/hr

Answer 2

29.5 miles per hour.

Explanation:

We have been given that a bus traveled 472 miles at a constant rate in 16 hours. We are asked to find the speed of the bus.

We will use speed formula to solve our given problem.

`\text{Speed}=\frac{\text{Distance}}{\text{Time}}`

Upon substituting our given values in above formula, we will get:

`\text{Speed}=\frac{472\text{ Miles}}{16\text{ hours}}`

`\text{Speed}=\frac{29.5\text{ Miles}}{\text{ hour}}`

Therefore, the speed of the bus is 29.5 miles per hour.