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what is the average speed of a car that traveled 300 miles in 5.5 hrs? turn your answer from km/hr to km/min.

User Tiera
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Convert first the unit of their distances and their time.
Since 1 mile = 1.60934 km, then
300 miles * (1.60934 km / 1 mile) = 482.802 km

Since 1 hour = 60 minutes, then
5.5 hrs * (60 min / 1 hr) = 330 minutes

The speed is distance over time.
482.802 km / 330 minutes = 1.463 km/hr

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