Question

1. During their European vacation, the Oswald family took a train ride through the Alps aboard the Glacier Express. They traveled 222 miles in 6 hours. What was the train's average speed?

A 27 mph
B 37 mph
C 42 mph
D 39 mph

Answer 1

\[{\rm Average ~ Speed} = {\rm Distance \over Time}\]

Answer 2

huh?

Answer 3

That is the equation for average speed.

What distance did the train travel? How long did the train take to travel that distance?

Answer those two questions and plug the answers into the appropriate place in the above equation.

Answer 4

B

Answer 5

Correct.