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A passenger train travels at an average speed of 45 mph and it took the passengers 27 minutes (.45 hours) do you get to the Destiination. How many miles did the train travel?

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Recall that Speed is the rate of change of distance with time

This may be expressed mathematically as

Speed = Distance / time

Hence given that

speed = 45 mph

Time = 0.45 hours

Distance = speed * time

= 45 * 0.45

= 20.25 miles

The train traveled 20.25 miles.

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