Question

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?

A. 6
B. 338
C. 365
D. 3,300

Answer 1

I'm almost positive the answer is B

55 mph means you'll be going 55 miles in one hour. One hour is 60 minutes. You can fit 55 in 310 five times. After that, there will be 35 miles. It would be dumb to think 35 miles would take 65 minutes based on the fact that 55 miles takes an hour. Hope this helps!!

Answer 2

D. 3,300

In order to do conversion on these types of problems.
1.You first have to determine the relationship and the current unit and the target unit which it will be converted into.
2.In this case feet to meters and seconds to minutes
3.Determine the conversion rate: 1 hr = 60 min;
4.Next, is the time which is 55 mi/hr x 60 min / 1hr = 3,300 mi/min