A vehical travels on a highway at a rate of 65 mi/h how long does it take the vehical to travel 25 mi?

how do i set this up?

Question

A vehical travels on a highway at a rate of 65 mi/h how long does it take the vehical to travel 25 mi?

how do i set this up?

luffingsails · Answer

use the velocity formula and solve for time.
$$v = \frac{d}{t}$$
$$t = \frac{d}{v}$$

Substitute your variables and solve.

anonymous · Answer

how bout this:

65 mi/hr = 65 / 3600 mi/second

25 mi / ( 65/3600) = 1384.6 seconds

stormfire1 · Answer

Wow...there's a simpler way and you don't need to know any physics to do it: Simply divide 60 by 65 to get miles per minute...then multiply that by 25.  You'll get ~23.08 minutes

luffingsails · Answer

There's no physics in applying a math formula. <chuckle> And you did exactly what the formula would have a person do.

stormfire1 · Answer

That's true enough...I guess my point was that it's more of a ratio problem and doesn't require you to know any formulas.