You travel 5 hours and 50 minutes. If you drove at an average of 41 mph, how much distance you traveled?

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asked Sep 28, 2023 160k views

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Shailaja Shah · Answer 1 · 2023-10-04T12:23:08+0000

First, let's convert those 50 minutes into hours:

This way,

$x=(50\cdot1)/(60)\Rightarrow x=0.83$

I would have driven for 5.83 hours.

Using this, and the average pace (46 miles in one hour),

We get that:

$x=(46\cdot5.83)/(1)\Rightarrow x=268.18$

I would have traveled 268.18 miles