Question

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

Answer 1

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