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As delivery truck drove an average of 42 mph it took two hours and 15 minutes to travel between two towns what is the distance between the two towns

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Answer:

The distance is 10.5 miles

Explanation:

Mathematically; we want to calculate the distance between the two towns in the question

Distance = speed * time

15 minutes to hours is 15/60 = 1/4 hours

So the distance would be;

Distance = 42 mph * 1/4 = 10.5 miles

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