How much time does it take a race car driver going 180 mph to cover a 500 mile route?
Round to the nearest tenth if necessary.

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How much time does it take a race car driver going 180 mph to cover a 500 mile route? 
Round to the nearest tenth if necessary.

anonymous · Answer

allirose, how far would the car go in one hour?

anonymous · Answer

idk

anonymous · Answer

to find the distance multiply speed * Time

anonymous · Answer

mph = miles per hour.  if the car is going 10 mph, then after one hour it will have traveled 10 miles.  now can you see how far the race cars is after one hour?

anonymous · Answer

so You need to know this

Total speed= Total Distance/ Total time Taken

anonymous · Answer

We have speed. 

We have distance

but time is missing right?

anonymous · Answer

right

anonymous · Answer

So Plug in the values :D

anonymous · Answer

speed=Distance/time

180=500/time

180*time=500

time=500/180

anonymous · Answer

it says 2.7h

anonymous · Answer

the OP did NO work here.

anonymous · Answer

OP?

anonymous · Answer

Original Poster - the person asking the question.

anonymous · Answer

its not a new thing everyone searches for Answers that's all and in return they get zero learning.

anonymous · Answer

I still try to help them whatever is the case :D

anonymous · Answer

yea, I agree.  but when people give them the answer it encourages LESS work.  I do understand your point and I did see that you were working towards that. I just thought I would mention it, more for the OP benefit than towards anything you did.