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Traveling at 55 miles per hour, how many minutes, rounded to the nearest whole number, does it take to drive 310 miles from Boston to Syracuse?

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It takes about 6 hours
User Ben Aston
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First find the answer in hours, and then convert your answer to minutes.

310 miles 60 min
------------- = 5.636 hours, which, when mult. by ---------------
55 mph 1 hr

comes to 338 minutes (the nearest whole number).
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