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An airliner travels 30 miles in 4 minutes. what is its speed in miles per hour?

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We need to convert minutes to hours. We know that 1 hour is 60 minutes so we can use the conversion factor of 1 hour = 60 minutes. We make sure the minutes cancel in the top and bottom leaving

30 miles 60 minutes

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4 minutes 1 hour

30 miles * 60

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1 hour

180 miles

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hour

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