You need to drive to a game that is 320 miles away. You have 5.5 hours to get there. Which choice is closest to the minimum average speed you need to drive?

17 miles per hour

53 miles per hour

58 miles per hour

64 miles per hour

Question

You need to drive to a game that is 320 miles away. You have 5.5 hours to get there. Which choice is closest to the minimum average speed you need to drive?

17 miles per hour


53 miles per hour


58 miles per hour


64 miles per hour

anonymous · Answer

320/5.5 yields us 58.1818.

Hence 58 mph. Any slower than that can't get us to the game on time, and any faster is not the "minimum" average time

anonymous · Answer

Thank You for explaing!

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anonymous · Answer

lol