Question

A family traveled 523 miles in 11 1/2 hours. The distance is the product of the rate and the time. To the nearest hundredth, what was the average speed the family traveled?

Answer 1

We have the following:

`\begin{gathered} d=v\cdot t \\ v=(d)/(t) \end{gathered}`

replacing, d = 523 miles and t = 11.5 hours:

`\begin{gathered} v=(523)/(11.5) \\ v=45.48 \end{gathered}`

The average speed is 45.48 miles per hour