Question

The Falcone family is planning to drive from Syracuse, New York to Buffalo, New York. On a map with a scale of

inch = 50 miles, the distance between Syracuse and Buffalo is 1 inches. How fast will the Falcones have to travel to

make the trip in 2 hours. Show your work.

Answer 1

The Falcones have to travel at 25 m/h to make the trip in 2 hours.

Explanation:

In order to find the answer you have to use the formula to calculate speed:

speed=distance/time

distance=50 miles. The stament indicates that the distance between Syracuse and Buffalo is 1 inch and that the map has a scale of inch = 50 miles.

time=2 hours

Now, you can replace the values on the formula:

speed=50 miles/2 hours

speed=25 m/h

According to this, the answer is that the Falcones have to travel at 25 m/h to make the trip in 2 hours.