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A driver travels 288 miles in 6 hours. What is the driver’s speed, in miles per hour?

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The driver's speed is 48 miles per hour

Here, we want to calculate the speed

Mathematically;


\begin{gathered} \text{speed = }\frac{dis\tan ce}{\text{time}} \\ \\ =\text{ }\frac{288\text{ miles}}{6\text{ hours }}\text{ = 48 miles per hour} \end{gathered}

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