Question

Josh is driving to visit a friend in another state who lives 440 miles away. He is driving 55 miles per hour and has already driven 275 miles. Write and solve an equation to find how much longer in hours he must drive to reach his destination.

Answer 1

Josh will need to drive for 3 more hours to reach his destination

Using the parameters given for our Calculation;

• distance = 440 miles
• speed = 55mph
• Already driven = 275 miles

Let the number of hours left to drive ;

• Distance left to cover = 440 - 275 = 165

Time taken = distance/ speed

Substituting our values into the equation

Time = 165/55

Time = 3

Hence, he has 3 hours left to drive.