Question

If your car is moving at 55mi/hr how far (in mi) does it go in 10 minutes

Answer 1

9.17 miles

Step-by-step explanation

Assuming the car is moving at a constant velocity, the distance it travels is:

`x=v\cdot t`

The velocity of the car is 55mi/h and the time we want to evaluate is 10 min. We have to either convert the hours from the velocity to minutes or convert the minutes from time to hours. Let's do the first option.

We know that 1 hour has 60min:

`x=55(mi)/(h)\cdot(1h)/(60\min)*10\min`
`x=(55\cdot10)/(60)mi\approx9.17mi`

The car goes 9.17 miles in 10 minutes (rounded to the nearest hundredth)